“Fasten your seat belts” – Budapest announces unexpected meetings and “peace mission intensifies”

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hinted at upcoming “unexpected meetings” similar to his recent visit with Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Volodymyr Zelensky in kyiv, during an interview with Roger Koppel, editor-in-chief of the Swiss website Die Weltwoche.

“Next week I will have equally unexpected meetings,” Orban said during the plane interview, adding that the first surprise meeting is scheduled for the morning of July 8.

Following Orban’s remarks, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto issued a statement advising “pro-war European politicians” to “fasten their seat belts” for the coming week.

“The peace mission continues and even intensifies,” Szijjarto said in a video address.

In a previous article, Szijjarto had mentioned that “the Hungarian government is working” and assured that the next six months would be “dedicated to a peacekeeping mission.”

Orban’s visit to Moscow on July 5 comes just days after his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in kyiv. Upon his arrival in Russia, Orban stressed that the “peace mission continues,” calling Moscow “the second stage.”

During their meeting, Putin told Orban that he was ready to bypass some “nuances” of the peace proposals to resolve the war in Ukraine.

However, at a press conference, Putin reiterated Russia’s willingness to negotiate on the basis of previous conditions.

The terms, mentioned earlier by the Kremlin leader, imply that there can be no territorial compromise with kyiv and that Ukraine must cede all the territory of the four regions “within the administrative boundaries that existed at the time of their entry into Ukraine.”

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