Ending the Russia-Ukraine war as soon as possible and initiating peace talks is in Hungary’s fundamental interest because the war “brings the nightmare of a third world war closer” each day, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told public radio on March 24, according to the Budapest Times.
Hungary, however, will continue to reject participation in any political or financial initiatives aimed at supplying additional weapons to Ukraine, Szijjarto told the broadcaster, adding that those would pose a risk of escalation of the war.
Szijjarto added that a proposal by the European Council’s president “to shift to a war economy” was “posing an exceptional risk in itself,” the Budapest Times reported. On March…
