Hungary’s FM: All must be done to restore peace
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Everything must be done to restore peace, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in an interview to the Saturday edition of local daily Veszprémi Napló in connection with the war between Russia and Ukraine.
The minister said it was heart-warming to see how quickly Hungarians had come together in reaction to the situation.
Concerning the ongoing election campaign, Szijjártó said: “There’s a completely new situation since nine days ago: a war has broken out in our neighbouring country.” He said the opposition’s approach to the war “clearly shows how much danger this country would be in if the left-wing leaders took control”.
“Irresponsible remarks could put this country in serious danger,” Szijjártó said.
“In a situation like this, no government could strive for anything other than protecting the people and ensure that their country won’t get dragged into the war.”
“Yet the opposition wants to send troops and weapons to Ukraine and would allow weapons to transit the country,” he said.
He said that on April 3 voters would have to decide whether they want a responsible government in power which had the interests of Hungarians at heart or a government which “is even willing to risk the security of the Hungarian people to conform to some sort of international expectations”.
Szijjártó said no one could predict how long the war would go on for. “We’re hoping that it ends as soon as possible,” he said. “The only way that happens is if the opposing sides sit down for negotiations and the negotiations result in an agreement.
People are dying from the horrors of the war every day, so every single day and every single minute matters, because even if the war ends just one minute sooner, fewer people will die.”