Hungary’s Orban accuses Germany of unnecessary aggression
Hungary’s prime minister on Thursday accused German politicians of causing unnecessary panic and tension by allegedly linking his country, without sufficient grounds, to any demands for arms exports to Ukraine.
Viktor Orban said during a visit to Germany that the Hungarian government had not used its veto or raised any objections to European Union decisions on helping Ukraine with weapons. Orban told reporters in Berlin that Hungarian lawmakers “will vote for anything that is necessary to make sure that Ukraine can defend itself.”
However, he said he had objected to images showing people wounded by Russian attacks in Ukraine being projected on the Hungarian parliament building in recent days. He said that, as a matter of decency and humanity, such images should not be shown to Hungarian children.
Orban has close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Hungary is also a member of NATO and the EU.
During a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Orban said Hungary had never helped Russia in any way, either financially or in terms of energy. He added that Hungary would have no military participation in Ukraine because it does not have the capacity.
Scholz welcomed Orban’s stance and said Germany had no evidence to support the accusations of Hungarian links to arms exports to Ukraine.