Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, arriving at the NATO summit in The Hague on June 25, said that he opposes Ukraine's membership in the Alliance. He also said that he does not consider Russia a threat to NATO.
This is reported by European Pravda.
Hungary opposes Ukraine's accession to NATO
“NATO has no business in Ukraine. Ukraine, like Russia, is not a member of NATO, and my task is to keep it that way,” Viktor Orban said.
He also denied claims about a Russian threat to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, although NATO's official position is radically different from his views.
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“I don't think that Russia poses any real threat to NATO. Because we are much stronger,” Orban emphasized.
He noted that this is constantly mentioned in NATO summit declarations, but he himself does not share this assessment of the situation.
According to Orban, the real problem for Europe is not security issues, but economic challenges.
In particular, he named the loss of competition in economic terms as the greatest threat to the continent.
This is not the first high-profile statement by the Hungarian Prime Minister.
Thus, in March, Orban even announced a referendum in Hungary on supporting Ukraine's membership in the EU. He even published a photo where he demonstratively voted against.
However, Hungarians did not support the Prime Minister's idea. According to the Hungarian opposition, no more than 7% of citizens took part in the vote.
Earlier, Orban stated that Russia is not capable of starting a military conflict against Europe, since it was unable to win even over Ukraine.
