Although we cannot prevent the association's intentions, we do not want to participate in its implementation, repeated Péter Szijjártó.
An elementary struggle is expected in the coming weeks regarding the NATO proposal, the pressure in Hungary is amazing, however, the government does not want to participate in any way in the training of Ukrainian soldiers and the delivery of weapons, according to the Ministry's information, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Monday in Budapest.
The head of the ministry warned at the Fidesz faction meeting that NATO has begun to fade the red lines it had previously drawn, which stated that the alliance is not a party to the war in Ukraine, and that everything must be done to avoid a direct confrontation with Russia.
And now the story came out that the Secretary General felt that it would be worthwhile for NATO to do something now, because it is not possible that NATO has been sitting here for two years and only the member countries and the European Union can do it steps that threaten the security of the world, he said.
In the framework of this, they want to increase the coordination role of the organization in the transport of weapons and the training of Ukrainian soldiers, and they are preparing to accept a support package of one hundred billion euros, but Hungary does not want to participate in this in any form, he stated.
"We want to stay out of it entirely. We can't prevent this, but we definitely want one thing, three things to be precise. One is that a Hungarian soldier should not have to participate in such a thing. Second, that nothing should happen to this type of campaign in Hungary. And three, that not a single penny of the Hungarian taxpayers has to be used for this," he listed.
"And in terms of all three, we have an amazing, but really elementary pressure on us," he pointed out, pointing out that the other two reluctant member states were quickly led into a common position, leaving our country alone.
“Everybody is crushed, all thirty-one besides us, and we are alone. And we will be completely alone in the struggles of the coming weeks," he added.
Péter Szijjártó announced that the work is already underway in Brussels, putting together the back of the operation.
"And they push us in. Now we have roughly achieved that they have politically acknowledged that we do not want to participate in this, but I see that the minimum program on their part is that they try to push us into the financial story," he stated.
"Now they are trying to put pressure on us by saying that it's fine, then no Hungarian soldiers, fine, not even Hungarian territory, they say now, but the money. And here the struggle of the following weeks is: no, no, no," he emphasized.
He then went on to say that NATO does not want to set a precedent for an ally to be left out of some military operation.
In the end, the minister complained again that Western political leaders do not seem to want to deviate from the path of arms shipments, while it has now become clear that there is no solution on the battlefield, because neither side can prevail over the other, the front line only moves a few kilometers back and forth .
Everyone here in Europe was told that it doesn't matter at what price, it doesn't matter how much their own security is harmed, but they will give everything they have, he said.
This is a position that has been accepted in NATO circles quite clearly, broadly, openly and without any sense of shame, that the Ukrainians must be helped even at the risk of their own security, he added.
As a good example of this, he gave the fact that Slovakia, which handed over all its military aircraft, did not receive the replacement ordered from the West in time, and therefore the country's air defense is now provided by Hungary and the Czech Republic.
If we, the Hungarians and the Czechs, did not provide air defense for the Slovaks, staring angrily at the sky and shaking fists would be the only air defense capability of the Slovaks, he said.
Also, he stated that the arms deliveries only maintain the status quo, with further huge losses. "Therefore, the only way to get out of this militarily is if the second scenario works, i.e. sending ground troops, which is equivalent to the involvement of NATO and the outbreak of a world war," he declared.
"The third scenario is that in such a war the use of any means is permissible, and then there is the issue of nuclear warheads, of which we know for sure that one piece is enough to decide the future fate of the world, and there are thousands of them on both sides" he announced.
"A nuclear superpower cannot be defeated (.) What is happening is practically the operation of a slaughterhouse," he noted.
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Cover photo: Péter Szijjártó Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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