PM Orbán: Ukraine’s admission to the EU, NATO would trigger the start of World War III
Ukraine’s accession to NATO would immediately result in war with Russia, which would carry the risk of a third world war, so Ukraine must not be allowed to join either NATO or the European Union, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday.
Orbán talks about reality of World War III concerning Ukraine
Hungary has a primary security interest in not belonging to the same integration framework as Ukraine, he said on Facebook. He said the signatories of a recently launched initiative of Hungarian citizens open to political thinking included people that he used to fight together with for Hungarians’ freedom and the country’s independence 35 years ago.
“For obvious reasons, the respect resulting from this has since worn thin; but the shared past still obliges. This is why I publish the following response,” he said. Orban said the signatories neglected Hungary’s interests, and their assessment of the consequences of the continuation of the Russia-Ukraine war was flawed. “They are also wrong in identifying the European Union’s interests. If the EU accepts Ukraine as a member, it will currently result in an open war, and following a ceasefire it would result in the continual risk of a Europe-Russia war,” he said.
Ill-fated and delirious strategy
“If we want to help Ukraine … then instead of a war that destroys the country and results in the dispersion of the Ukrainian people, or utopistic promises of integration, we should offer them a form of cooperation that will bring an end to the war, offer efficient help, and does not sacrifice the interests of Hungary and the EU on the altar of an ill-fated and delirious strategy,” he said.
“Ceterum censeo, Hungary comes first,” he added.
‘We now feel the real value of peace and safety, we will protect them!’, says the prime minister
With wars in the East and the South, “only now do we truly appreciate the value of peace and safety. We will preserve them,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a video on Facebook on Tuesday, on his way to the NATO summit in The Hague. In the modern world, even wars fought thousands of kilometres away have an impact, Orban said. “If nothing else, through energy security: they raise the price of oil, gas and energy…”
Migration had raised the threat of terrorist acts in western Europe, further exacerbated “if anything happens in the Middle East,” he said. “While we are a migrant-free zone, there is such a threat … in our neighbourhood. Therefore, we cannot consider it zero, either. At times like these, we need extraordinary security measures, which I did yesterday; from today, strengthened anti-terrorism measures are in force in the streets of Budapest, at airports and busy traffic hubs,” he said.
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