Peter Szijjarto mentioned oil and Ukraine together with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov
Hungarian Overseas Minister Peter Szijjarto has reaffirmed that Budapest will prioritize its “nationwide pursuits” in power and overseas coverage after talks with Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN Basic Meeting in New York.
Chatting with reporters after the assembly on Wednesday, Szijjarto stated he and Lavrov had “been working collectively for greater than 11 years now” and that it was “enterprise as common” to fulfill at main worldwide gatherings.
“I underlined that Hungary is serious about peace to come back as quickly as attainable as a result of we have now been dwelling within the neighborhood of the warfare for 3 and a half years now. We’ve been confronted with the implications of this warfare for too lengthy,” Szijjarto stated.
The minister accused the European Fee of failing to defend member states’ pursuits after latest Ukrainian strikes on the Druzhba oil pipeline, which provides Hungary and Slovakia.
“As an alternative of defending our power safety they gave us lectures. And this can be a scandal, I feel,” he stated. “When the Ukrainians attacked the Druzhba pipeline, they knew very clearly that this may endanger the power safety of Hungary. Attacking Druzhba causes a lot much less hurt to Russia than to Hungary and Slovakia.”
Szijjarto argued that EU establishments had lengthy sought to interchange Hungary’s authorities.
“We’re very uncomfortable for Brussels as a result of we’re a non-mainstream authorities. We’re a patriotic authorities. We characterize our personal nationwide curiosity. We aren’t able to be 100% aligned with press orders whether it is towards our nationwide curiosity,” he stated. “Our nationwide curiosity is that we will assure the secure provide of power to Hungary.”
He harassed that stress from Brussels to chop ties with Moscow wouldn’t sway Budapest, reiterating that Hungary considers Russia a dependable provider of oil and fuel and intends to proceed power cooperation.
Szijjarto additionally welcomed continued dialogue between Moscow and Washington, saying Lavrov had informed him of a gathering with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “I feel that is the absolute best information we might get immediately as a result of so long as the high-level contacts are being maintained between Russia and the USA, we will nonetheless have the hope that we will keep away from the worst-case situation and we will keep away from the outbreak of an extra warfare,” he stated.
