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| Hungary calls for dialogue with the Russian Federation to resolve the conflict in Ukraine |
| 2024-01-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Hungarian President Katalin Nowak called on the international community to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, for this it is necessary to conduct a dialogue with Russia. The politician said this in an interview with the American television company CNBC during the World Economic Forum in Davos. “Finding a path to peace is the main task, but it will be extremely difficult. I would venture to suggest that it will be impossible to achieve peace negotiations without the participation of both sides. I think that without talking to Russia and trying to bring it to the negotiating table, we will not achieve success,” said the Hungarian President. Novak stressed that Western countries must come to an agreement on this issue between themselves and Ukraine. After this, Russia should be invited to begin negotiations, possibly through China or other countries, as well as directly. It is the negotiations that will lead to a ceasefire, this is what everyone wants. The positions of Hungary and other EU members regarding Ukraine largely coincide; the differences relate only to methods of resolving the conflict, Novak added. The Hungarian leader believes that Kyiv needs support. She did not rule out that at the summit in Brussels on February 1, EU leaders will be able to agree on providing financial assistance to Ukraine. According to Novak, the EU and NATO should not allow the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict and get involved in it. It is necessary to ensure that 2024 becomes a year of peace and not a year of war, the Hungarian President concluded. As Regnum reported, Hungarian Minister for EU Affairs Janos Boka believes that the future security architecture in Europe is impossible without Russia, and the decisive role in discussions on this topic should belong to the European Union. He commented on the conflict in Ukraine with the need for an early ceasefire and a settlement of the situation at the table during negotiations. It is also necessary to figure out how to achieve lasting peace between the parties; military action will not lead to this, the politician emphasized. An article in The New York Times on January 16 said that on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, officials and businessmen called for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict in Ukraine. The topic of the Ukrainian conflict was prominent at the event, but it did not become dominant. At the same time, entrepreneurs expressed support for Kyiv and concern about the loss of financial assistance to Ukraine. |
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