Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week proved to be successful, since then a significant wave of dialogue between Russia and the West has started, which is the only way to a peaceful solution to the situation in Ukraine, according to the ministry's statement, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Tuesday.

The head of the ministry reported after the online meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) that on Monday French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with his Russian counterpart for five hours. German Chancellor.

We are glad that the Prime Minister's ice-breaking action was successful in this respect, and now European leaders are almost giving each other the keys to the Kremlin, he said.

Péter Szijjártó assured his support for the renewed European security dialogue, which was launched by the consecutive Polish OSCE presidency, saying that, according to the government, it is only possible to ease the tension through dialogue.

Hungary, as a Central European state, is of course interested in cooperation between East and West, instead of the return of the Cold War or Cold War psychosis, because that had caused a lot of suffering in the region in the past, he stated.

In this regard, he asked the major players in world politics not to make hasty decisions that Central Europeans would drink the juice of, but to continue the civilized dialogue based on mutual respect.

At the end, the minister also touched on the fact that as a neighboring country, Hungary is in the interest of a strong and stable Ukraine, but at the same time, it is also in Kiev's interest to end its anti-Hungarian policy.

If this continues, it will seriously limit the Hungarian government's freedom of decision regarding future support for Ukraine , he warned.

Source: Pesti Srácok/MTI

Photo: Zoltán Máthé