Szijjártó in Minsk:
Written by Rainer Ackermann
Overseas Minister Péter Szijjártó additionally lamented the spiral of escalation within the Russian-Ukrainian battle in Minsk on Wednesday.
At a joint press convention together with his Belarusian counterpart Sergej Alejnik The Hungarian Overseas Minister said that each international locations, as neighbours of Ukraine, are confronted with the dramatic penalties of the warfare every day.
Solely dying and destruction!
There will likely be no winners on the battlefield, solely dying and destruction will stay, Szijjártó repeated the well-known Hungarian place. “We in Hungary are horrified by statements that decision for an escalation with regards to sending troopers from EU or NATO international locations, introducing common conscription and even utilizing nuclear weapons.”
Szijjártó requested Alejnik that Belarus also needs to do all the things it may to seek out negotiated options and finish the mindless struggling in Ukraine. Hungary is in favor of fewer sanctions and extra cooperation.
80% of Hungary’s oil provide
Belarus stays an essential buying and selling companion for Hungary, whether or not for meals exporters or pharmaceutical firms. As a transit nation, it secures round 80% of Hungary’s oil provide; final yr a complete of 4.5 million tonnes of crude oil, and up to now this yr 2 million tonnes. “We can’t safe our oil provide in every other manner, not for political causes, however purely bodily. As a result of Croatia has not (drastically) elevated capability, however solely the transit charges,” Szijjártó defined a connection that the EU Fee in Brussels often ignores.
Primarily based on a cooperation settlement on nuclear vitality, the minister hopes for direct participation of firms from Belarus within the Paks II nuclear energy plant mission.
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