Orban’s Advisor Says Budapest Trying to Convince EU to Return to Diplomacy With Russia

© AP Photo / Denes Erdos Hungarian and a European Union flag is seen on a building in downtown Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023.
 Hungarian and a European Union flag is seen on a building in downtown Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 11.02.2024
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VIENNA (Sputnik) - In last April, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that Ukraine is a non-existent country in financial terms, so as soon as the US and Europe stop supporting it, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine will end.
Balazs Orban, the Hungarian Political Director of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said that Hungary is trying to persuade member states of the European Union to return to the diplomatic dialogue with Moscow.
"Our position has remained the same for many years: there can be no military solution on the battlefield. We must return to diplomacy. We are trying to convince our allies of this in Brussels and elsewhere," Orban said in an interview with Austrian media.
At the same time, he noted that although Russia began its special military operation in Ukraine, the West continues to fuel the conflict.
"We do not consider this a good idea, because this path will either lead to the collapse of the Ukrainian army or to an escalation that will lead to a third world war. In short, the Hungarian and Russian positions differ for obvious reasons. But we also believe that the West bears responsibility," Orban said.
Ukrainian servicemen load a truck with the FGM-148 Javelin, American man-portable anti-tank missile provided by US to Ukraine as part of a military support, upon its delivery at Kiev's airport Borispol on February 11,2022. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 10.02.2024
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