EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels to discuss Orban's 'peacekeeping tour'

EU High Representative Josep Borrell shared the information, Ukrinform reports.

Particular attention will be paid to the scandalous statements made by the Hungarian side at the UN Security Council meeting, where Budapest accused the EU of "supporting" the war in Ukraine. This position of Hungary caused outrage in the European Union.

EU High Representative Josep Borrell called these statements "completely unacceptable," emphasizing that the EU supports Ukraine and seeks to end the war on the basis of the UN Charter.

He emphasized that they would discuss how the member states assess the position of the country holding the rotating EU presidency. He noted that the European Union was not pushing for war, was not a party to the conflict, but was protecting Ukraine from aggression.

The meeting should become a platform for discussing further EU steps in response to Hungary's position and determining a joint course of action to support Ukraine.

Viktor Orban's 'peacekeeping mission'

In early July, rumors surfaced that Orban was planning to pay a visit to Moscow after visiting Kyiv.

In his turn, European Council President Charles Michel reminded that the EU presidency cannot interact with Russia on behalf of the bloc. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk also reacted to the information about the Hungarian prime minister's trip to Moscow.

Later on July 5, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrived in Moscow for a visit. At the Kremlin, he met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and called for a ceasefire.

Following the news of Orban's visit to Moscow, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed her belief that appeasement will not stop Russian leader Putin.

Later, on July 8, Orban arrived in Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The parties discussed their vision of "steps to achieve peace in Ukraine.”

During the NATO summit, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Turkish President Recep Erdogan and asked him to support his "peacekeeping mission" in the war in Ukraine.

Later on July 11, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Donald Trump to discuss the "possibility of peace" for Ukraine.

Commenting on Orban's self-styled "peacekeeping mission," White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that Ukraine would be rightly concerned about any attempt to negotiate a peace deal without Kyiv's involvement.

Later, it was reported that EU foreign ministers intended to ignore Hungary by organizing their own summit in August instead of traveling to Budapest for Orban's event.