Speaking to state radio, Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán sought to downplay the remarks by his political director which had led to calls for that official’s resignation.
said on Friday after one of his closest aides provoked controversy by suggesting that Hungary wouldn’t have fought against a Russian invasion as Ukraine has done.Speaking to state radio, Orbán sought to downplay the remarks by his political director, Balázs Orbán, which stirred outrage among many in Hungary and led to calls for his resignation.
He emphasised that Hungary has “always defended itself, it will defend itself today and will continue to defend itself in the future by all possible means.”toward its neighbour, and sought to block, delay or water down European Union efforts to provide financial and military support to Kyiv and to pass sanctions on Moscow over its war.
Hungarian rebels wave their national flag from a tank captured in the main square of Budapest, Hungary, in 1956.“Every country has the right to decide its own destiny for itself,” Balázs Orbán said. “But based on ’56, we wouldn’t have done what President Zelensky did two and a half years ago, because that was irresponsible.”
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