EU Prime Minister Visits Russia, Meets Putin to Focus on Ukraine Battle

MOSCOW – Hungarian Prime Minister (PM) Viktor Orban has arrived in Moscow, the place he’ll meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to debate methods to resolve the battle in Ukraine.

Orban’s arrival was introduced by his press secretary Bertalan Havasi, who stated the Hungarian chief got here to Russia “as a part of a peacekeeping mission.”

Earlier, quite a lot of high EU officers publicly criticized Orban’s plans to go to Russia, with European Council President Charles Michel criticizing the go to and telling Hungary that it “doesn’t have a mandate to co- work with Russia on behalf of the European Union.”

This 12 months, Budapest took over the rotating presidency of the European Union.

Nevertheless, Orban has stated that he doesn’t want a mandate to advertise peace, noting that his talks can’t be thought of an official negotiation.

He additionally admitted that his nation has restricted political affect and that peace talks to resolve the Ukraine disaster would possible be held by bigger nations.

“However we generally is a good instrument within the fingers of God, we generally is a good instrument within the fingers of people that need peace,” the prime minister stated earlier than his go to.

Chatting with Radio Kossuth on Friday morning, Orban additionally defined that he hoped to persuade Ukraine and Russia that they wanted to work collectively and begin a “lengthy journey that would finish in ceasefire and peace talks. “

Earlier this week, Orban additionally traveled to Kiev, the place he urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to think about a direct ceasefire.