Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says Moscow should not be excluded from future security and trade arrangements with the bloc
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has urged the EU to rebuild mutually beneficial relations with Russia once the Ukraine conflict is over.
In an interview with GB News published on Wednesday, Orban said the West had upended the European security landscape by encouraging Ukraine’s bid to join NATO despite Russia’s “very clear” warning that it views the bloc’s eastward expansion as a security threat.
Hungary believes Russia should not be excluded from any future European arrangements on security, energy, and trade, Orban said.
The war must be brought to an end, and then we should return to the old harmony. If we disagree on that, let’s create a new security and trade system together with the Russians.
Hungary has long criticized the EU’s push to phase out Russian energy imports, arguing that the policy has driven up energy prices across member states and hurt businesses. Some 83% of the bloc’s industrial competitiveness indicators were already stagnant or worsening, according to a Deloitte report published last month.
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