A day later, NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenbergsupported from Kyiv, with the President of Ukraine at his side Vladimir Zelenskythat Ukraine’s place in the Alliance, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán voiced his opposition to this possibility in a… short comment on Twitter..
“What?!” the Hungarian Prime Minister tweeted in response to a Politico article about NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s statement in Kiev on Thursday that “Ukraine’s place is in NATO.”
What?! https://t.co/j3mJojHHOl
— Viktor Orban (@PM_ViktorOrban) April 21, 2023
According to Politico, relations between Budapest and Kiev remain tense. Significantly, despite the condemnation of the Russian invasion, Hungary refused to send weapons to help Ukraine. At the same time, Hungarian officials continue to visit Moscow regularly and maintain close ties with the Kremlin.
Going back a few years ago, his countries NATO – including Hungary – decided in 2008 that Ukraine would eventually join the alliance. Since then, the accession processes have been “frozen”, until September, when the Ukrainian leadership asked to speed up the accession processes.
Politico notes that the issue is considered particularly sensitive. This is because most NATO members, including the US, want to avoid “big steps” in Ukraine’s accession process while the war is going on.
Source: Politico
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