Peter Szijártó, Hungarian abroad Minister, pointed out that 1 of the fundamental values of the European Union is and must be that sanctions cannot be imposed on individual just due to the fact that he has a different opinion
According to a message from the Ministry of abroad Affairs and Trade, Minister Peter Szijjártó said that during his visit to Kiev, Donald Tusk "showed full disrespect and uninvited words attacked the Hungarian government's position on the war in Ukraine", accusing our country of "betrayal of Europe, to be non-European“and “referring to the darkest place of political hell.”
"Of course, we saw the events of the last weeks in Poland and saw the concept of democracy of the Polish Prime Minister. We see opposition politicians being imprisoned in Poland. We see that divergent opinions with government and government are not tolerated in any way," he stressed.
"But the fact is that we inactive request to ask ourselves: what kind of behaviour is that in Europe? Is only 1 opinion admissible? Why do they not tolerate, accept, let themselves that there may be another opinions on a given subject?”
The Minister pointed out that 1 of the fundamental values of the European Union is and must be that individual cannot be punished simply due to the fact that he has a different opinion on the subject and the opinion cannot be qualified as non-European simply due to the fact that it differs from ours.
"The fact is, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, that everyone in Europe has the right to have their own opinion, everyone has the right to express their own point of view, and so no 1 can be punished, no 1 can be classified as non-European and even more imprisoned," he stressed.
Finally, the minister stressed that on the basis of the events of the last weeks, months and years it is clear that there is no solution to the war in Ukraine on the battlefield. “There is no solution on the battlefield, but all day there are more dead and more harm all day. That is why Hungary inactive advocates peace. Hungary refuses to decision to the post of pro-war Hungary takes the post of pro-peace. We believe that the ceasefire must be achieved as shortly as possible, and peace talks must begin as shortly as possible," he said.
"Hungary is simply a sovereign country, Hungary is simply a sovereign country that has the right to express its own opinion and has the right to express its own position. (...) We request peace in Ukraine as shortly as possible, even if Donald Tusk has a different opinion and holds a pro-war position," he concluded.
for: ‘Magyar Hirlap’
