Hungary FM hits back at Estonian premier's reaction

In a post shared on social media on Wednesday evening, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto described it as hypocrisy that the Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas expressed shock over Tuesday's meeting between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Szijjártó Péter külgazdasági és külügyminiszter beszédet mond a Swiss Krono Kft. beruházásának bejelentésén a Külgazdasági és Külügyminisztériumban 2023. október 3-án. Eszerint a svájci tulajdonú faipari cég új, rétegeltlemez gyártására szolgáló egységet épít kilencmilliárd forint értékben, amelyhez az állam egymilliárd forint támogatást nyújt, így segítve kilencven új munkahely létrehozását. MTI/Balogh Zoltán Fotó: Balogh Zoltán

That's hypocrisy at the highest level,

Peter Szijjarto remarked.

As Magyar Nemzet reported in an earlier article, while Estonia's prime minister has been one of the most vocal advocates of support for Ukraine, her husband was recently found to have done business with Russian companies.

Estonia's prime minister has denied any knowledge of this, and her husband has promised to sell his stake in the company.

The scandal sparked a huge outcry in Estonia, with opposition parties and several media calling on the prime minister to resign. Even Estonian President Alar Karis  (leader of the Social Democrats, a minority coalition partner in the Kallas government) spoke out, saying that the scandal over the business affairs of the prime minister's husband diminished Estonia's credibility in its interaction with allies.

Cover photo: Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto (Photo: MTI/Zoltan Balogh)