Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Teofil Bartoszewski criticized the anti-Polish statements of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, expressing doubt about the need for Hungarian membership in the EU and NATO.
Bartoszewski's words were quoted by the RAP news agency, according to Yevropeiska Pravda.
The Polish deputy foreign minister stressed that, unlike Orban, his country has not been doing business with Russia since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, “because it was an attack on Poland, the United States, the European Union and NATO.”
Bartoszewski emphasized that Orban's speech has already been commented on very negatively by the US Embassy in Budapest.
“I don't really understand why Hungary wants to remain a member of organizations that they don't like so much and that allegedly treat them badly. Why doesn't he (Orban - Ed.) create an alliance with Putin and some authoritarian states of this type?” he asked rhetorically.
“This is based on the principle that if you don't want to be a member of a club, you can always leave. This is definitely an anti-European, anti-Ukrainian, anti-Polish policy (of Hungary - Ed.) at this time,” the Polish Deputy Foreign Minister emphasized.-
He recalled that Hungary is also blocking two billion zlotys (467 million euros) from the European Peace Fund, which was intended for Poland from the EU to compensate for military equipment received by Ukraine.
Author - Dmitriy Levchenko, 29/07/2024