Peter Szijjarto: We Are Not Afraid of the Ukrainian Mafia or Ukrainian Thugs

Hungary's minister of foreign affairs and trade delivered a speech at the state ceremony in front of the parliament building on March 15.

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto delivers his speech during the state ceremony on March 15 (Photo: Attila Polyak)

Kossuth Square on March 15 (Photo: Attila Polyak)

Blackmail and Threats Will Intensify

Peter Szijjarto warned that over the next four weeks, interference, threats, and blackmail will become harsher than ever before. They want to sweep away Viktor Orban’s government, and they want Volodymyr Zelensky to put together a government in Hungary as well, he said.

With the oil blockade failing, Peter Szijjarto noted, they are attempting to mount an energy blockade. Nord Stream has been blown up, and now TurkStream has been targeted. And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky death threats against the prime minister and his family.

“We are not afraid of either the Ukrainian mafia or Ukrainian thugs. No threat will force us into war. We will not allow Hungarian young people to be sent to the Ukrainian front, 

and we will bring home those who were forcibly taken into the war. And we will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed by a man who played the piano on television while waving with both hands,” he said.

Peter Szijjarto added that the Ukrainians want the opposition to win the election because they know that if the Tisza Party wins, they will be able to drag Hungarians into the war. “So the task is clear: we must show that this is our home, and only Hungarians can decide the future of this country,” he stressed.

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