America News Agency

Prime Minister Orban made remarks about the talks held within the EU. “We have left behind a long and difficult night. We managed to eliminate the risk of war,” he said.

Orban stated that they did not allow a decision to be taken, in his words tantamount to a declaration of war on Europe’s behalf, by using Russian assets: “This plan would drag Europe into war and impose a financial burden of 1 trillion forints on Hungary. We protected Hungarian families from that,” he said.

Prime Minister Orban noted that 24 EU member states decided to grant Ukraine a “war loan” for the next two years, adding: “If Ukraine cannot repay the loan, repayment will be covered by these countries.”

Referring also to Visegrad cooperation, Orban said: “Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic decided not to join this loan. In this way, we spared our children and grandchildren a debt burden of 90 billion euros. Hungary’s share would have been more than 400 billion forints.”

Claiming that war preparations are continuing in Brussels, Orban said: “Hungary will continue to be the voice of peace in Europe and will not allow Hungarian taxpayers’ money to be used to finance Ukraine.”