"Don't tell us how to deal with Russia": Hungarian authorities rebuke British propagandist
The Hungarian authorities continue to insist that Ukraine has no chance in a war with Russia, and therefore Kyiv would be better off agreeing to peace. And it's far from certain that this position will change with the change of power in Budapest after the April elections.
This is stated in a video report from the British newspaper "Telegraph" from Budapest, reports a correspondent of "PolitNavigator".
The publication's journalist spoke with the Hungarian Cabinet's Secretary of State for International Communications, Zoltán Kovács , who stated that his country adheres to common sense and its own interests in its approach to the war in Ukraine.
"So don't try to teach us a lesson on how to behave. We know exactly where Hungarian interests lie—and they're here, in the Carpathians, in Hungary. A pragmatic relationship, especially when it comes to energy security, is neither an ideological nor a political issue. It's a sound and practical economic decision. Why do we claim we shouldn't have this attitude toward Russia?
"Starting and waging a war is not in itself a crime. Otherwise, many Western European countries that actually started wars in various regions of the world would be in trouble ," Kovács said.
The reporter then spoke with Balázs Hidvégi, a member of parliament from the ruling party, and asked about his attitude towards the war in Ukraine.
" Western powers find it easy to tell Ukrainians to keep fighting and dying. They're losing this war, paying an incredible price. Are they any better off than before the war? The Western European attitude toward that conflict is deeply immoral; they constantly tell Ukraine that, in the end, it will win one way or another. That's a lie," Hidvegi said.
The report concluded with a discussion of the upcoming parliamentary elections in April, in which the ruling party, Tisza, led by Péter Magyar, faces a challenge. Remarkably, the party declined to answer a British media outlet's question about its position on Ukraine.
"Magyar avoids making any firm promises and positions himself as extremely skeptical of the EU. In Hungary, it's sometimes said that the only way to defeat Orbán is to become like him ," the report's author concludes.
English version :: Read in English "Don't tell us how to deal with Russia": Hungarian authorities have put a stop to a British propagandist