“Half a year ago, no one wanted to hear about peace, but today, everyone is talking about it. We have opened the door and meaningful negotiations can now begin,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said, calling this the outgoing Hungarian EU Presidency’s greatest achievement.
In an interview with Hungarian public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió on Friday, December 13th, the prime minister detailed Hungary’s active diplomatic push to achieve a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia on Christmas but said that only Russia had accepted the terms.
“There are still several days until Christmas. We hope the situation may change,” Orbán said, adding that the possibility for a mass prisoner exchange and a Christmas ceasefire is still “on the table.”
Report from #Ankara. Half a year ago, no one wanted to hear about #peace, now everyone is talking about it. We have opened the door, and meaningful negotiations can now begin. This is the greatest achievement of the Hungarian EU presidency. #HU24EU @RTErdogan pic.twitter.com/GbxDIlZYZN
— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) December 12, 2024
Hungary has used the six-month rotating EU presidency, which comes to an end in a few weeks, to promote peace and strive for a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, who have been waging a war since Russia’s invasion almost three years ago.
At the beginning of the presidency in July, Orbán visited Kyiv, Moscow, Beijing, and Washington D.C. to talk to both parties in the war, as well as the major global powers that could influence the outcome of the war. He was harshly criticised by many of his European counterparts for holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the Hungarian prime minister has maintained that there is no hope for the fighting to end without dialogue. […]
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