Middle East: Here’s Hungary’s stance on new nuclear arsenals
Hungary’s best interest is for no new nuclear arsenals to be created anywhere in the world, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, said before a meeting of the country’s Defence Council on Sunday.
Szijjártó lamented the grave situation in the Middle East, saying: “We Hungarians have an interest in the restoration of peace in the Middle East … and the chance for people to live in calm and safety there … [without] the constant threat of terrorism.” The region’s security is tightly bound up with Europe’s security, and Hungary is therefore interested in the quick establishment of peace and stability.
“We’re interested in preventing escalation” and “a direct confrontation between the great powers” in the Middle East, he said, adding that the formation of new nuclear arsenals in the world must be prevented.
The minister noted phone talks he had on Sunday with Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar and Russia’s Sergei Lavrov, as well as with Bahraini and Jordanian counterparts Abdul Latif Zayani and Ayman Safadi, respectively. Hungary, he told them, wants the situation in the Middle East prevented from escalating, “as this would imperil European security”.
Szijjártó also had phone talks with International Atomic Energy Agency director Rafael Grossi, conveying to him that Hungary “stands for nuclear security in the world” and the prevention of new nuclear arsenals from being formed.
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