Putin would be in serious trouble if he visited Hungary – will he come?
Russian President Vladimir Putin and PM Viktor Orbán regularly meet with each other every year. In 2022, they met in Moscow at the far ends of a very long table. Orbán later said that he felt something went wrong in Putin’s head, but nobody expected that only weeks later, he would launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In 2023, neither the Russians nor the Hungarians said anything of a possible meeting. Yet.
But the two leaders agreed they would meet regularly with each other to discuss the issues considering their states. By the way, FM Péter Szijjártó and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, met even after the war in Ukraine started last February to sign deals concerning, for example, extra gas deliveries to Hungary.
Here is the very long table of the last Putin-Orbán meeting:
However, if Putin decided to meet with Orbán and he travelled to Hungary for that (last year, they met in Russia), he would be in great trouble. That is because there is an international warrant against him. Thus, he could be arrested provided he travelled to Hungary.
According to Blikk, the International Court of Justice in the Hague issued a warrant against the Russian President. Since Hungary accepts the jurisdiction of the ICJ, authorities should apprehend the Russian leader the moment he touches Hungarian ground. The International Court of Justice charges Putin with kidnapping 16 thousand children from Ukraine. Some Ukrainian parents could get their kids back only with the help of some human rights organisations.
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Source: blikk.hu
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To suggest, such STUPIDITY, a visit of Putin to Hungary, the path, as a country, we have been set on by this Orban Government, the abandonment of Democracy, to a Dictatorship, just not destroying our European Union Membership, NATO inclusive of Great Britain & Ireland and the United States of America – all country’s governed, ruled – under DEMOCRACY – permitting allowing Putin to enter Hungary, walk on our land, would be PERILOUS.
This point in time, we Hungary have been ISOLATED – principally because we have been SOLD out by the Orban Government.
Hungary – we remain in a Cataclysmic free fall – that is just not centered nor focused on, that our Economy is SMASHED.
Hungary – its the devastation of the entire Hungarian infrastructure of our country – that is under massive growing pressure, that compounds our present and future.
Putin to walk on land, the soil of Hungary – PERILOUS.
No, no! Vladimir do come, you have nothing to concern yourself about. Our Viktor adores and admires you, you will be as safe in Hungary as a babe is in his mother’s arms.
Viktor would rather rescind our recognition of the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction rather than hand you over.
So, it was Peter that signed the agreement that Hungary would pay 3 times the normal price for gas from Russia? Great job Peter!
Hope Mr. Putin would be safe in Hungary. Why would Hungary cause conflict with its major oil/gas and mineral supplier?