Orban: "Ukraine's membership in NATO would mean that the next day we would have to send troops"
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Hungarian Prime Minister Orban opposes Ukraine's accession to NATO to avoid a war with Russia, emphasizing that Hungary should not be obliged to send troops.
Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban has said that Ukraine's membership in NATO would mean his country's entry his country into a war with Russia, which he does not want, Telex reports, UNN writes.
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Orban said he believes that the sovereignty of countries, including Ukraine, is important in EU and NATO, but does not want Hungary to be drawn into a war. According to him. he said that it is not in Hungary's interest to be in an alliance with a country that "is conducting open military aggression against another country".
"Ukraine's membership "Ukraine's membership in NATO means that we will be obliged to send troops the very next morning. We don't want that," he said.
Addendum
In addition, Orban called the the war as a military operation, noting that you can talk about war only when there is a declaration of war, but soon after after that he called the fighting in Ukraine a "bloody war".
"Ukraine is at war. What What can be called a military operation is a bloody war. And in a bloody war bloody war, you cannot live like in normal times," the Hungarian prime minister said.
Recall
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine is not invited to join NATO and called partial proposals nonsense.
