In the USA, Szijjarto was presented with a piece of a Russian tank destroyed in the battles for Kyiv

Szijjártto in the USA was presented with a piece of a Russian tank destroyed in the battles for Kiev/Channel 24 Collage (Photo by Alexey Prokopenko, illustrative photo)

The head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, Peter Szijjártó, took part in the European Conference at Harvard University in Massachusetts. There he was given a fragment of a Russian tank destroyed near Kiev.

The head of the American fund “Ukraine Assistance Center in the USA” gave such a gift to the head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry. (HUCUS) Alexey Prokopenko. Peter Szijjártó himself reacted quite restrainedly to such an action.

A gift for the head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry

The conference, during which Peter Szijjártó was presented with a piece of a Russian tank, was attended by European diplomats and officials, students and scientists from the United States and the European Union.

Peter Szijjártó donated a piece of a Russian tank/Photo by Alexey Prokopenko

This was made in Russia, but burned and processed in Ukraine . Wear this as a keychain with your house keys so you don't forget what Russian terror is all about. Please remember the lessons of history and what Soviet tanks carried on the streets of Budapest in 1956,” Prokopenko said, handing over the souvenir to Szijjarto.

Szijjarto is known to be “reserved” and reacted “diplomatically” to the gifted souvenir.

A fragment of a tank of the Russian occupiers was presented to the head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry/Photo by Alexey Prokopenko

“Minister emphasized that his country strives for peace in Ukraine, but I did not hear the word “victory” from him. Also, Szijjártó recalled that he remembers the lessons of 1956 well, and that his family also felt those events,” Prokopenko said in comments to “European Truth”.

In addition, according to him, Szijjártó added that Hungary takes care of Ukrainian refugees, of whom there are about a million living in the country.

Szijjártó doesn’t like the label “Putin’s friend”

The head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, Peter Szijjártó, complained that the Hungarian government is considered a “friend of Putin.” According to him, the country is “raising important issues”, but no one is listening.

The Hungarian minister is convinced that no one is paying attention to their opinion, which is why conflict. He noted that Hungary has its own “unique political stability.”

He complained that this shows that in recent years there has been no real space for rational dialogue on strategic issues – “the situation is getting worse.” “If we put forward such a demand, the response we get is not a discussion, not a study of how we can find a solution, but labeling as Putin’s friends, Kremlin propagandists or, possibly, Russian spies,” the foreign minister complained.