Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban calls for talks between the US and Russia on a ceasefire in Ukraine. He is counting on US President Donald Trump, who was voted out of office two years ago.
“The ceasefire must not be between Russia and Ukraine, but between America and Russia,” Orban said in a public interview with Cicero magazine in Berlin on Tuesday, according to the official translation. “Anyone who thinks that this war will end through Russian-Ukrainian negotiations does not live in this world. The reality of power is different ”.
Orban said Ukraine could defend itself against Russian invaders only because it received military support from the United States. War today is only open because the Americans wanted it that way. “That’s why the Americans have to deal with the Russians. And then the war will be over.”
The Hungarian president also made it clear that he does not think Joe Biden is the right negotiator on the American side. “The American president has gone too far,” he said. Biden has said things about Russian President Vladimir Putin that it is difficult for the two to negotiate peace.
“Now what I’m saying will sound brutal. But the hope for peace is called Donald Trump, “Orban said, according to the translation. After the war began, Biden had described Putin as a” butcher “, a” war criminal “and a” murderous dictator “.
Orban has been visiting Berlin for several days and has already met Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and former Prime Minister Angela Merkel (CDU) during his stay. He told the former chancellor that he could have prevented the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. To the same question posed on Tuesday at an event organized by the magazine “Cicero” in Berlin, he replied: “Of course”.
According to the official translation, he said in advance that Merkel had already prevented a war in 2014 through her actions after the Russian annexation of Crimea. “What Angela Merkel did during the Crimean crisis was a masterpiece.” There was no war at the time because Germany’s diplomatic efforts isolated the conflict. “They didn’t let that happen and we’re all involved.” (Dpa)
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