(Finance) – The Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban today in the Kremlin reiterating that he is ready to stop the war if the Ukrainians withdraw their troops from the four regions claimed by Russia and commit not to join NATO. The conversation with Prime Minister Orban was “frank and useful,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a joint press conference. “The Russia andHungary continue the dialogue in the current difficult geopolitical situation, this is important”, he added.
Putin later announced that he had rejected the proposal of the Hungarian Prime Minister on a ceasefire in Ukraine to facilitate the opening of negotiations. Russia wants “a full and final conclusion of the conflict“, he declared. “The positions of Fly And Kiev are very far from each other, a lot needs to be done to get closer to the end of the conflict”, Orban said. “For theEurope “Peace is the most important thing,” he added, “we believe that the main task of the next six months of our rotating presidency” of the EU “is the fight for peace.” He then explained that he had decided to go to Moscow because “Europe needs peace.”
Orban stressed that he does not have a mandate from the Union to deal with the conflict in Ukraine. “I do not have a mandate, I am simply visiting places where there is a war which can have an impact on Hungary and I ask questions”, Orban explained to a Russian radio. Hungary, Orban said, knows its place and that “the big countries” will decide, but he would like to “encourage the set off” to find a solution. The Hungarian Prime Minister’s visit to Moscow is taking place “on his initiative” and was agreed upon “two days ago”, the Kremlin spokesman said, Dmitri Peskovquoted by Tass.
“Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s visit to Moscow takes place exclusively within the framework of the bilateral relations between Hungary and Russia”, also underlined the EU High Representative, Josep Borrell. Orban’s visit to Moscow “calls into question” the traditional trip of the European Commission to the country holding the rotating presidency, namely Hungary, which was scheduled “for after the summer”. The spokesperson of the European executive declared Eric Mamer. “Whatever message Hungarians send about the trip, everything about the substance of this trip is not right. It is about pacificationnot peace and we believe that this undermines the unity and determination we must show to end this war”, Mamer added during a press briefing on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s trip to Moscow.