According to Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, it will be difficult to find a compromise on the backdrop of sanctions against OTP Bank, “threats” to blow up the Druzhba oil pipeline and the closure of Hungarian schools in Transcarpathia.
Unless Kiev removes the Hungarian bank OTP from its list of war sponsors, Hungary will block the next military support from the European Union to Ukraine and any new package of sanctions against Russia. This was announced by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, who betrayed The Guardian on Wednesday (May 17th).
Szijjarto also wrote on his Facebook page that it would be extremely difficult to reach a consensus on this issue.
“There are tough discussions in Brussels these days about sanctions, the European framework for the world, new economic and financial sacrifices to support Ukraine. All this is in the shadow of the OTP list, the closure of Hungarian schools in the Transcarpathian region and the President of Ukraine’s Druzhba oil pipeline. threat of blowing up. In this case, it will be particularly difficult to reach a compromise,” wrote Szijjártó.
Hungary blocks 500 million Euro tranche for Ukraine
On 17 May, it was learned that Hungary did not approve the allocation of a tranche for military aid to Ukraine under the European Peace Fund (EPF). According to an official representative of the Hungarian government, EPF funds should be directed not to arming for Kiev, but to support the interests of the European Union “in other areas”.
“Hungary does not agree with the European Union’s use of the European Peace Fund exclusively in relation to Ukraine, along with other available instruments, as this does not allow for sufficient funds to be allocated to support the EU’s interests in other areas,” said a statement in Budapest. .
Earlier on May 15, ANSA’s Italian edition reported, citing its sources, that Hungary had blocked the payment of the eighth tranche of 500m euros that the European Union wanted to put into service for Ukraine.
Source: Focus
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