Despite the efforts of the Hungarian peacekeeping mission, he will not implement the Christmas truce promoted by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Ukraine. He admitted this in a video posted on Facebook on Wednesday Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szíjártóaccording to which the Ukrainian leadership is responsible for this. The correspondent of TASR in Budapest informs about it.
“The approaching Christmas would be an excellent opportunity to conclude a truceto make the guns fall silent for a few days, which would save human lives. We regret that, despite the efforts of the Hungarian peacekeeping mission, this possibility of a cease-fire, which is still on the table, Ukraine and the Ukrainian leadership have so far refused,” said the head of Hungarian diplomacy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Tuesday declared that Orbán has no influence on Russian President Vladimir Putinand that Kyiv does not need Orbán’s mediation even in relations with the USA.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on Tuesday called on the Hungarian government to end “manipulations” regarding the Christmas prisoner exchange and the ceasefire in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Kyiv said that the Hungarian side’s actions are even further from promoting peace than its statements, and stressed that only Russia stands in the way of peace.
