The Hungarian Community for Peace approves of the Orbán government’s intention to ease and reduce sanctions against Russia, the political association said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
The NGO expects that at Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó’s meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington, a step will be taken towards normalising relations with Moscow by reducing the sanctions policy, thereby facilitating a peace settlement in Ukraine.
In a letter sent to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on 21 February, the President of the Peace Community considered it necessary for the government to no longer vote for sanctions against Russia, not to consent to the extension of sanctions that have already been voted on, but to start reducing sanctions and normalising bilateral relations with Russia. He asked the Hungarian government to do everything in its power to remove Hungary from the Russian list of countries unfriendly to Russia.
According to the Peace Community, the Western sanctions policy has boomerang back on its masterminds, as their production costs have skyrocketed and the living standards of their people have fallen sensitively due to the rejection of Russian energy sources.
“We would consider it appropriate if the head of Hungarian diplomacy not only defended Hungarian interests in Washington, but also spoke in the interests of those European peace-loving forces who, unlike the Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen, would like to restore normal relations with Russia, because they know that without cooperation with it, the European Union will face further economic degradation,” the statement reads.
According to the Hungarian Community for Peace, economic and financial stability is in the common interest of Hungary and the United States, for which political compromise with Russia is indispensable.
Edited by Magyar Békekör
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