"We risk world war!", Orban: NATO is getting closer to war every week

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"We risk world war!", Orban: NATO is getting closer to war every week
Viktor Orban

NATO is getting closer to war every week. This is what the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, said in a statement to the media during the meeting with the leaders of the North Atlantic Alliance in Prague. The "stubborn" leader of Europe emphasizes the fact that NATO's plans to get more involved in the war in Ukraine are an attempt to destroy Europe and ignite more fire with Russia.

Orban, who has cultivated relations with Moscow, has been at odds with Western countries over support for Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion more than two years ago. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said during the meeting in Prague that "the time has come" for members of the military alliance to reconsider some of the restrictions on the use of weapons they have given Ukraine.

As Ukrainian leaders urged governments to ease restrictions, Western countries appeared increasingly divided in recent weeks over whether or not Ukraine should be allowed to strike targets on Russian soil. Hungary's foreign minister said his NATO member country would not take part in the alliance's long-term plan to help Ukraine, which Budapest has called a "crazy mission".

European Union foreign ministers urged Hungary to stop blocking measures to provide billions of euros in military aid to Ukraine, as tensions with Budapest have not eased.

Orban also said from Prague that negotiations to send French military trainers to Ukraine and allow the Ukrainian military to use Western weapons to attack Russian targets are "worrying" ideas that only lead to war. A NATO mission in Ukraine would risk world war instead of protecting the alliance's member states, Orban said.

Relations between Budapest and NATO have been strained by Hungary's delay in ratifying Sweden's NATO membership - finally approved by Budapest in March - and also by nationalist Orban's warm ties to Moscow despite Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. .


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