Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor #Orban visited #Moscow to discuss #Ukraine peace with Russian President Vladimir #Putin. Putin reiterated that Russia's proposals are key to resolving the conflict and thanked Orban for attempting to restore dialogue between Russia and #Europe.
Ukraine sees its 10-point peace plan and a recent international summit based on it as the only realistic path, and said Orban's trip to Moscow was not coordinated with #Kyiv.
Hungary views its six-month presidency of the European Union as a peace mission, Orban told a press conference on Friday. “The points of view (between Ukraine and Russia) are far from each other,” said Orban after the talks with Putin.
Ukraine sees its 10-point peace plan and a recent international summit based on it as the only realistic path, and said Orban's trip to Moscow was not coordinated with #Kyiv.
Hungary views its six-month presidency of the European Union as a peace mission, Orban told a press conference on Friday. “The points of view (between Ukraine and Russia) are far from each other,” said Orban after the talks with Putin.
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00:00As for Russia, I have repeatedly said that we have always been and remain open to discussing the policy of diplomatic settlement.
00:09However, on the contrary, we hear about the reluctance to solve the issue in this particular way.
00:17Ukraine's sponsors continue to try to use this country and its people as a target for the victims of the confrontation with Russia.
00:27As we can see, the situation, including what we have heard from the Prime Minister, is that Kyiv is still ready and not ready to abandon the idea of waging war until the victorious end.
00:39The Hungarian Presidency considers the next six months' work to be a peace mission.
00:47I have experienced that the points of agreement are far from each other.
00:50However, today I have succeeded in taking the first important step in setting the dialogue and dialogue in place, and I will continue this work.