FM Szijjarto: It’s Not Hungary That’s Isolated — It’s the European Union

The upcoming Budapest Peace Summit remains very much on the agenda, Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto told Origo in an exclusive interview on his way to Washington. The Foreign Minister also discussed what kind of agreements Hungary hopes to reach with the United States.

Peter Szijjarto, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister of Hungary (Source: Facebook)

Discussing the proposed Budapest Peace Summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Szijjarto said:

“It’s obvious that the global political mainstream and mainstream media are both rooting for this peace summit not to happen.”

He said there are two reasons for that: “First, because they simply don’t want peace — the mainstream is pro-war, and everyone knows it."

Second, it would be extremely hard for them to accept that such a peace conference could take place in Budapest — in Hungary — the very country they’ve spent years portraying as isolated and irrelevant. Quite the opposite. It turns out that it’s not Hungary that’s isolated — it’s the European Union that has isolated itself from the world’s major powers. And that’s a reality check they’re not ready to face.

“The Peace Summit is still on the table,” Peter Szijjarto said for both the Americans and the Russians, as their Foreign Ministers have confirmed.

If the ongoing preparatory work succeeds, the whole world could soon be watching Budapest. Peace would have a liberating effect on Europe’s economy and open up a completely new dimension of growth for Hungary,

he concluded in his interview for Origo.

Cover photo: Peter Szijjarto, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister of Hungary (Source: Facebook)