Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that he is ready to financially support Ukraine if the amount of assistance is approved annually, taking into account the opinions of all EU members after open discussions. Orban spoke about this in an interview with Le Point magazine. According to the Hungarian Prime Minister, Budapest would like a compromise approach to the issue of financing Ukraine in the context of the conflict.
Orban stressed that the EU intends to allocate €50 billion to help Ukraine, but Hungary believes that this is too much money for Europe. At the same time, the head of the Hungarian government recalled that Brussels would like to help Kyiv for four years, not a year. However, according to Orban, Hungary is not against financing Ukraine, but the decision on specific amounts must be made unanimously.
Earlier, at the December EU summit, Orban vetoed a €50 billion tranche of military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine. Then in Budapest they explained this by saying that this amount included frozen grants from Hungary. Later, the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations, Peter Szijjártó, said that the Hungarian government would refuse to transfer weapons to Ukraine through the European Peace Fund (EPF).
Let us recall that on January 29, The Financial Times (FT), citing sources in Brussels, reported the EU’s intention to weaken the Hungarian currency and lower the country’s investment rating if Budapest does not approve aid for Kyiv.
Source: Rosbalt
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