Ukraine's Foreign Minister hopes Hungarian PM at least washed his hands after shaking hands with Putin
Friday, 20 October 2023, 13:24
Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, has commented on the meeting between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin in China, during which the former called the Russian war of aggression a "military operation".
Source: Kuleba in an interview for France 24, as reported by European Pravda
Quote: "I hope that he [Orbán] at least washed and disinfected his hands after shaking hands with Putin."
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Background:
- Putin and Orbán met in China on 17 October. It was the first meeting between Putin and an EU member state leader in over a year and the first meeting with a NATO state leader since the beginning of the full-scale war.
- In April 2022, Karl Nehammer, Chancellor of Austria, which is not a member of NATO, came to Moscow on a visit.
- Putin’s talks with Orbán prompted NATO ambassadors in Budapest to hold a meeting amid concerns about the rapprochement between Hungary and Russia.
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