Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban expects Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump to immediately take the initiative to find a diplomatic solution to end the war in Ukraine if he wins the US election next week.
“We are getting ready,” Orban said at an event in Vienna today, following his phone call with Trump.
The Hungarian prime minister is considered one of Trump’s most important supporters among EU leaders.
“Within a short period of time, (Trump) will have contacts with the president of Russia for negotiations,” Orban said, referring to the possibility of the Republican candidate winning the November 5 US presidential election.
American voters head to the polls on Tuesday to elect the next US president. Viktor Orbán has made no secret of his desire for Trump to win in the face-off with Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
In a post on the X platform (formerly Twitter), Orbán said that he contacted Trump by phone today: “I wished him good luck for next Tuesday. Only five days left. I hope everything goes well.”
The Prime Minister of Hungary argued that at this stage, the negotiations cannot be aimed at bringing peace to the relations between Kiev and Moscow, but only at ending the bloodshed through a truce.
The European Union has not yet realized that the war is lost for Kiev, Orban claimed at the event organized by Swiss newspaper Weltwoche, which was also attended by former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
Both Schröder and Orbán maintain friendly relations with Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin.
North Koreans on the front
The US estimates that North Korean soldiers stationed in Russia will deploy in the coming days to the battlefields in Ukraine, as US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said today, adding that in that case they would be reasonable targets for the Ukrainian armed forces.
In a press conference after meeting with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and their South Korean counterparts, the US top diplomat said Russia was training North Korean soldiers in artillery systems, unmanned aerial vehicles and operational maneuvers of infantry units – suggesting that he intends to use North Korean forces on the front lines in Ukraine.
The US secretary of state said about 10,000 North Korean troops are in Russia, including 8,000 in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces still control territory after their surprise invasion last August.
“We have not yet seen these troops deployed on the battlefield against Ukrainian forces, but we estimate that this may happen in the coming days,” Blinken noted.
During the meeting earlier, the US and South Korean defense and foreign ministers discussed how Washington and Seoul would respond, Blinken said, arguing that the deployment of North Korean troops alongside Russian forces fighting in Ukraine was a “a clear indication of inability” of Moscow to make up for the losses it is suffering on the battlefields.
Representatives of the US and South Korean governments also agreed that China must do more to curb North Korea’s provocative actions.
For his part, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that Washington will announce a new package of military aid to Kiev in the coming days, but did not reveal further details.
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