Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s demands made at the European Council as they do not align with Hungary’s interests, Orbán’s press chief said early on Friday.
Zelensky has asked Hungary to vote in support of expanding sanctions against Russia to include energy, with a ban on buying Russian gas and crude oil, and to allow weapons deliveries across its territory, Bertalan Havasi said.
Orbán rejected both requests. Hungary wants to stay out of the war and will not allow weapons shipments to cross its territory and will not send weapons to Ukraine, he added.
At the same time, it is doing everything it can to help those fleeing the war and offering humanitarian aid, he said.
By Thursday,
some half million refugees had arrived in Hungary and Hungary had sent aid worth 2 billion forints (EUR 5.4m) to Ukraine,
he added.
Stopping crude oil and gas deliveries would mean making Hungarian families pay the costs of war, he said. Some 85 percent of Hungarian households use gas for heating and 64 percent of Hungary’s crude oil imports arrive from Russia, Havasi noted. Three or four years of preparations would be required to switch crude oil refineries to process oil received from another source, and the physical infrastructure to receive the current volume of natural gas from elsewhere does not yet exist, he added.
“We will continue to oppose the expansion of sanctions to Russian energy at all international forums,”
he said.
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Source: MTI
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In short: the same type of help we would have wanted in 1956 ?
The Government of Hungary – under Victor Orban as the Prime Minister and Leader of the Fidesz Party – continues to exhibit to Europe and the wider World, through the WEDGED position – that under Victor Orbans leadership, that Hungary as a country finds it-self placed.
Russia and China – the expanding relationships – throughout this present Governments time – commenced when in office its first time before being voted out – and in its “secon coming ” – to Govern & Rule, under its Political Ideas & Philosophy – its interpretation and re-writing of Democracy – these Russian & Chinese relationships – continue to – in these times of a conflict of war between the Ukraine & Russia – damageing the brand name Hungary.
Globally – growing in interest & rapidness – the Prevelent question is being asked :
Hungary, under your present Government, all we know – GLOBALLY – that has continued to transpire and develope under the Leadership of its Prime Minister – Victor Orban / Fidesz Party – the relationships of Hungary with Russia & China – Hungary – what side are you ON ???
Hungary – this is not a time to Veil fact or use “extended” Propaganda – to fabricate FACT, but a time – for the Future of Hungary – to come clean – and let the citizens of Hungary comprehensibly and precisely know – what side are Hungary on.
Candour and that TRUTH – is ones Strongest Form of Defence – let this HAPPEN – out of and from, the present Government of Hungary.
National Elections April 3rd – what by there Vote – will the Citizens of Hungary for the FUTURE of Hungary ???
REMEMBER : pre 1989 – millions still alive, in the ageing population of Hungary – that REMEMBER – being Run & Ruled under Communism – and this needs thought penertration, before pen is put to paper when casting our Vote on April 3rd.
The opportunity presents it-self to the citizens of Hungary – April 3rd – that this is TIME – the RIGHT time – with ALL that is occuring across our boaders – that we the citizens – TELL the Government of there ERRORS – instead of a GOVERNMENT telling us – its Citizens – of our ERRORS.
Well done Prime Minister Orban.