Washington D.C., July 11, 2024
NATO should not win the wars going on around it, but the peace, declared the Hungarian Prime Minister at the NATO summit in Washington.
Viktor Orbán reminded that NATO was started 75 years ago with the aim of protecting the security of its members. Today, however, it seems to have moved away from its original purpose, behaving more and more like a war organization. One of the signs of this is that NATO is taking an increasingly active role in the Russian-Ukrainian war, he added.
“We think this is dangerous, even irresponsible, because no one can see how this will end, where we will end up,” Viktor Orbán said. He stated that he will argue that NATO should return to its original spirit. “NATO should not win the wars going on around it, but the peace. For this, we should primarily develop our own defense capabilities. On behalf of Hungary, I will therefore confirm today that we will not continue to participate in NATO’s Ukraine mission, the Hungarian defense capabilities however, we fully comply with our obligations regarding its development,” the prime minister said in Washington.
Source: Hungarian website of the Hungarian Government (translated by Google Translate)