Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán welcomed the results of the NATO summit in the Hague, whose participants agreed on the priorities of the strengthening of Europe and the increase in defense budgets by 5 % of GDP.
Chairman of the Hungarian government Viktor Orbán after the NATO summit in the Hague appreciated the fact that the meeting did not deal with Ukraine. Referring to the ATV.HU server informs the TASR newsletter in Budapest.
“We won, that’s true, but we only won the battle, not the war! Now it has happened that they have gains the predominance of countries that did not want to deal with Ukraine, saying that it is not a NATO member, so there is no need to invite her president and there is no need to negotiate about it,” the Prime Minister said.
Ukraine outside the summit
In the final document, according to Orban, almost nothing is about Ukraine. “Those who talked about what to do to make Europe stronger now have a predominance,” he added.
“Today we were in the winning team,” said Orbán, saying that it is easier to win if the President of the United States is also on the team.
Higher Defense Expenditure
During the three -hour meeting, NATO participants agreed to increase defense spending for each country to five percent of GDP over the next ten years. The joint statement states that the aim of the agreement is to make the necessary capacity to deter and defense.
