(Finance) – “The restrictions on the use of weapons given to Ukraine must be revoked, they must be able to be fully used to strike military targets in Russia in line with international rules”. This is what was stated by theEU High Representative Josep Borrell welcoming the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Brussels for the informal foreign affairs council. Statements that have increased tension in the EU, finding Italy and Hungary in disagreement.
“Each country decides for itself, as far as we are concerned the use of Italian weapons can only take place inside Ukraine” said this morning the Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani arriving at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels.
“Tajani places our country on a dangerous anti-European ridge. Ensuring the security and territorial integrity of Ukraine means protecting Europe” the MEP of the Democratic Party replied on X Pina Picierno, vice-president of the European Parliament.
“The Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó expressed serious concerns over Ukraine’s actions, which threaten the national security of Hungary and Slovakia by disrupting the transit of Russian oil through Lukoil. He stressed that despite this threat, the EU Commission has remained passive, not taking any measures to address the issue,” he wrote in a tweet. spokesperson of the Hungarian government, Zoltan Kovacs. Szijjáró – added the spokesperson – accused the EU of being “too weak in protecting its member states or perhaps for having orchestrated these actions behind the scenes, using Kiev to put pressure on Hungary and Slovakia for their peace-oriented positions”.
“Reckless proposals from Brussels on both Ukraine and the Middle East. The dangerous fury of the High Representative – he wrote Szijjarto on Facebook – it must be stopped. We do not want more weapons in Ukraine, we do not want more deaths, we do not want an escalation of the war, we do not want an escalation of the crisis in the Middle East. Today we continue to take a peaceful and common-sense position.”
Borrel He also said that the European Union “has begun to transfer to Ukraine” the proceeds of immobilized Russian assets and to directly finance member states to supply weapons to Kiev, Josep Borrell said. “We have already transferred 1.4 billion,” he said.