Tantrum from Peter Magyar and Pro-Tisza Ukrainians Expected After Szijjarto’s Statement

"We will win the Hungarian election, and the Ukrainians trying to influence the outcome will have to face the music," said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto in Budapest. “They are putting on a huge show” regarding the Druzhba oil pipeline, he pointed out.

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto (Photo: MTI)

Peter Szijjarto stressed, however, that "we didn't start in this line of work yesterday",  meaning they were prepared for such situations.

We concluded agreements with the Serbs and the Slovaks, arranged maritime deliveries, filled up reserves, and neutralized this initiative,

he said.

Regarding the Druzhba oil pipeline, Peter Szijjarto said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are "putting on a huge show," exchanging letters while "talking five times a day and meeting constantly" to make a decision.

The fact is that they think we are idiot, but we are not idiots, we are Hungarians. It is obvious this is not about something the Ukrainians did and the European Commission is now trying to fix (...) They agreed in advance that this is what they would do. They coordinated, synchronized, and are doing this together in order to influence the parliamentary election in Hungary,

he said.

Brussels is slated to submit a proposal to ban cheap Russian oil from the EU on April 15, three days after the election, he said.

If there is no cheap Russian oil and gas, then take your utility bills and multiply them by three—that is what they will look like. Because today the basis of utility price caps is that we buy cheap Russian energy, and we will fight to keep it that way. And we are not fighting for it because it is Russian or because of Putin, but because it is cheap,

he stated.

After the oil blockade failed, Ukraine attempted to create a “total energy blockade” by targeting the Russian section of the TurkStream gas pipeline, but this also failed, he said. “So what are they doing next? They are issuing death threats against the prime minister. Zelensky’s henchmen are issuing death threats against the prime minister’s children and young grandchildren. This is completely unacceptable.”

No one can threaten us Hungarians. We will not allow threats against the prime minister. We will not allow threats against Hungary. We are going to win the parliamentary election, and after that the Ukrainians will have to face the music

he concluded.

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