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The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has demanded that the EU begin “direct discussions with Russia about an armistice” in the war against Ukraine.
Orban also said that he spoke out against the efforts to find a consensus on Ukraine in the 27 Member States of the block. His claim was made in a letter to the President of the EU Councilor António Costa, who was sent on Saturday and was seen by the Financial Times.
The threat of the EU’s most pro-Russian leader of blocking all agreement comes after the decision that US President Donald Trump opened the bilateral peace negotiations with the Kremlin, the Kyiv and Europe, and Trump’s verbal attack on the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House on Friday.
His letter takes place after Brussels has brought about an upcoming summit of the EU leader in the area of
“It has become apparent that there are strategic differences in our approach to Ukraine that cannot be bridged by draft or communication,” wrote Orban to Costa.
Orban’s ambassador in the EU scored similar points on Friday during a meeting of EU envoys in Brussels, according to the people who were informed about the private meeting.
The high -ranking European leaders will meet on Sunday in London for a hastily arranged summit, which is organized by the British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starrer in order to formulate suggestions for the shared protection of Ukraine and to increase the expenses for defense, which reduces the dependency of the continent of America.
The very public difference on Friday between Trump and Zelenskyy underlined How far the United States has removed from its previous position of continuing support for Ukraine against Russia in recent weeks – and the distance between Washington and its European allies.
Orban’s comments and the comments on his ambassador cited a resolution of the UN Security Council with the support of the United States and Russia this week, which did not refer to the invasion of Ukraine in Moscow and asked for a “quick end of the conflict”. The European capitals abstained.
“The (UN) resolution signals a new phase in the history of the conflict and makes all the previous agreed language irrelevant by the European Council,” wrote Orban in the letter to Costa.
