Russian President Vladimir Putin's talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban have concluded within the Kremlin – The principle subject of the assembly is the warfare in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin's talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the primary Western chief to go to Russia since April 2022, ended within the Kremlin with out discover and after upsetting crucial reactions from officers and leaders of EU member states. of the assembly the warfare in Ukraine, but in addition the will of each side to revive dialogue on a variety of points.
Russia stays open to “discussing a political and diplomatic” resolution for Ukraine, however the Kiev facet doesn’t need it, the Russian President argued in his remarks after the assembly, estimating that Kiev “just isn’t prepared to surrender the concept of waging warfare till a victorious finish”, but in addition that “the pretext for the extension of martial regulation” is required by the Ukrainian management, as a result of in any other case elections must be held, with the possibilities of successful them “the Ukrainian rulers, who’ve misplaced recognition and their legalization, are nearly zero”.
On the identical time, in line with Vladimir Putin, the Western “sponsors” proceed to attempt “to make use of this nation and its folks as a battering ram, as a sufferer within the confrontation with Russia.”
In response to the Russian President, his nation is “in favor of a whole and closing finish to the battle” and the earlier proposals that Moscow has made in Ukraine enable for the cessation of hostilities and the beginning of negotiations, however the ceasefire “mustn’t for use by Kiev to regroup”. In reality, in line with the Russian notion, “a primary situation for a settlement on the problem of Ukraine is the entire withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the Individuals's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk and from the areas of Zaporizhia and Kherson”, i.e. the Ukrainian provinces, which Moscow has declared constitutionally its territory and are, in line with Kiev, occupied territory to be liberated, as is the fifth province of Crimea. “There are different phrases, however all of them are the topic of a reasonably detailed examination throughout potential joint work,” the Russian president stated with out opening his papers additional.
Vladimir Putin expressed his gratitude to Viktor Orban for his go to to Moscow, as “we understand it as an try to revive the dialogue and provides it an extra impetus” and referred to the power and scientific cooperation of the 2 international locations, estimating that the Russia-EU relations “are in the present day at their lowest level”, with out failing to underline the truth that the Hungarian Prime Minister visited Moscow within the capability of the EU Council president, a incontrovertible fact that causes probably the most reactions inside the EU.
“Peace is not going to come by itself, we have now to work for it,” Viktor Orbán emphasised in his personal statements, contemplating that within the final two years it has develop into clear that no settlement could be achieved with out diplomacy. He even famous that Hungary has develop into one of many few international locations in Europe that maintains contacts with each Russia and Ukraine, “that's why I used to be in Kiev this week, that's why I'm in Moscow now.”
In response to the Hungarian Prime Minister, the positions of Kiev and Moscow are very removed from one another and it’s vital “to take many steps to get nearer to the top of the warfare”.
He additionally famous that his nation just isn’t going to “concentrate” to the European Union's criticisms of his go to to Moscow.
Commenting on the backlash in opposition to Orban's go to, Russian Safety Council Vice President Dmitry Medvedev stated the “hysteria in Europe” over the Kremlin talks confirmed that “the EU and its US bosses want warfare, not peace.”
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