Orban is preparing to organize a peace summit to which he wants to invite Putin and Zelensky, – media

On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban worked on organizing a peace summit to which he allegedly wants to invite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the leader of the Russian-backed movement Vladimir Putin.

The Swiss publication Die Weltwoche writes about this.

The publication claims that this summit should be a continuation of Orban's “peacekeeping mission” that lasted in the summer.

To this end, last week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, the Hungarian prime minister held “intensive talks” with China and Brazil to organize a peace summit between Ukraine and Russia. At the same time, the time, date and location of the summit are still being discussed.

Orban himself told Die Weltwoche that he wants to “return Europeans to an active role” in peace efforts. According to him, since Kyiv and Moscow are “not too willing to negotiate,” international pressure should help to reach a decision on a ceasefire.

Earlier, the Hungarian Prime Minister said that Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin should meet, since the lack of contact between them, he said, “worsens the war.” He also promised to present new “convincing” initiatives to achieve peace in September.

He probably had in mind the “Friends of Peace” platform, the creation of which was announced by China on September 27, but its idea belonged to Hungary. Within the framework of this initiative, the countries will promote a “political settlement” of the war in Ukraine according to the Chinese-Brazilian plan.

According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the initiative aims to be an “objective rational voice and will play a constructive role in the political settlement of the Ukrainian issue.” 15 countries have allegedly already joined the platform.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban came to Kyiv on July 2 to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky, where he called on him to take a break, cease fire, and then begin negotiations.

It was Orban's first trip to Ukraine since 2010. The prime minister arrived the day after Hungary's six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union began.

After his visit to Kyiv, Orban went on an unannounced visit to Moscow. However, Ukraine and the EU emphasized that he has no authority to conduct negotiations on behalf of the EU or Ukraine. In response to criticism, Orban himself admitted that he does not have a mandate for “peace negotiations,” but claimed that Budapest “can be a good instrument of peace” in the hands of others.

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After his visit to Ukraine and the Russian Federation, Orban went to China, a long-standing ally of Russia that does not support the Ukrainian “peace formula,” but promotes its own. At a meeting with Orban, Chinese President Xi Jinping also spoke about a “soon ceasefire and political settlement” of the Russian-Ukrainian war, without specifying whether this includes support for Ukraine's territorial integrity.

Orban also discussed “ways to create peace” with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US presidential candidate Donald Trump.

As is known, in September 2017, Hungary sharply criticized the law “On Education” adopted by the Ukrainian parliament. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that Ukraine had stabbed Hungary in the back.

The policy of the official chauvinistic Budapest increasingly resembles a creeping expansion (non-military) of the territory of neighboring Ukraine: illegal issuance of passports, buying the loyalty of the residents of Transcarpathia, creating a language ghetto, as well as an attempt to gain control over critical infrastructure facilities on Ukrainian territory.

Let us also recall that the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, co-chairman of the European Council on Foreign Relations Carl Bildt believes that Hungarian politicians are playing a dirty game against Ukraine.

"The Hungarians have taken to playing dirty domestic politics, as they did several years ago with Slovakia. They are doing the same with Romania. This is nothing more than dirty nationalist politics that Hungary is playing," the politician said.

Without taking into account the historical dimension of the struggle for the establishment and development of the Ukrainian language, criticizing Ukraine for its language policy is incorrect, says Grigory Mesezhnikov, President of the Institute of Public Problems (Bratislava).

According to Ukrainian writer Konstantin Koverznev, the ancestors of many of the modern Hungarians in Transcarpathia are assimilated Rusyn-Ukrainians.

Earlier it became known that the Hungarian government, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, is spreading fake news about the EU's migration policy based on a “crazy conspiracy theory.” This was stated in Brussels by Margaritis Schinas, the official representative of the European Commission.

Earlier, the chauvinist Szijjarto also stated that Ukraine should allegedly grant representatives of the Hungarian minority the right to use their language in all areas, including public administration.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky noted the moral degeneration of Prime Minister Viktor Orban: “We didn't ask for anything special from official Budapest. We didn't even get what everyone else is doing. They are doing it for the sake of peace. “We did not receive the vital transit of defense aid. We did not see moral leadership, we did not see any effort to stop this war.”

Prepared by: Nina Petrovich