Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that Ukraine's accession to the European Union depends on Hungarians, and that Kyiv will not join the bloc against Budapest's will. The politician also believes that Ukraine will never join NATO. This was reported by UNN with reference to the Washington Post.
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It is noted that on Saturday, February 22 , Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced that Hungary will decide whether Ukraine will be able to realize its hopes of joining the European Union.
Against the will of Hungary and Hungarians, Ukraine will never become a member of the European Union
He explained his statement by saying that Ukraine's accession to the EU “will destroy Hungarian farmers, and not only them, but the entire Hungarian national economy.
According to the Hungarian prime minister, “Ukraine, or what is left of it,” will never join NATO, and after a full-scale war, Kyiv will allegedly become a “buffer zone” between Russia and the Alliance member states.
Orban also threatened “retribution” against non-governmental organizations, media and human rights groups that received funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), saying that they would be liquidated in Hungary and “face legal consequences.
We must urgently create constitutional and legal conditions so that we do not have to sit idly by while pseudo-civil society organizations serve foreign interests and organize political actions in front of our eyes
“Orban, a Trump ally, hailed the U.S. administration's move to disband the U.S. Agency for International Development, saying without evidence that the agency was used to fund liberal initiatives in Hungary aimed at toppling his government,” The Washington Post reported.
Recall
Hungarian Prime Minister saidthat the war in Ukraine could become an “Afghanistan” for the EU. According to him, the difficulty is how to convince Russia to end the war.