“It annoys everyone else": Sikorsky on Hungary's “location” between Moscow and Brussels
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The Polish Foreign Minister said that Hungary did not receive support at the EU Council meeting. Its position between Moscow and Brussels irritates other members, and the proposal to hold the meeting in Ukraine was vetoed by Hungary.
At the last meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, Hungary did not receive support for its position. Hungary's symmetry - its location between Moscow and Brussels - irritates all other representatives of the EU Council. This was stated by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in an interview with Visegrad Insight, UNN reports .
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According to the Polish foreign minister, the EU Council also raised the question of where one of the Foreign Affairs Council meetings during the Hungarian presidency should be held: in Budapest or Brussels. As a compromise, Sikorski suggested that it be held in Ukraine, in Lviv or even Mukachevo. This was initially reportedly met with "enthusiasm" by the Hungarian foreign minister.
The Polish Foreign Minister reminded that two years ago, a meeting of the EU Council had already been held in Kyiv.
"However, during our meeting, the Hungarian minister apparently received other instructions from the capital and was eventually forced to veto the proposal. He was left alone. So I don't see how this Hungarian symmetry - the location between Moscow and Brussels - increases Hungary's influence. On the contrary, it irritates everyone else," Sikorski said.
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