MOSCOW, Dec 27 Statements by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban peace in Ukraine demonstrates his own political short-sightedness, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Earlier, Orban said in an interview with the Magyar Nemzet newspaper that peace in Ukraine will come when the United States wants it. «This danger (of a protracted conflict — ed.) remains. At the same time, Ukraine can only fight as long as the United States supports it with money and weapons. If the Americans want peace, then there will be peace,» the Prime Minister said then.
«The Hungarian Prime Minister's statements demonstrate a pathological disregard for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people who oppose Russian aggression, as well as his own political myopia. After all, the defeat of Ukraine in the war, which Viktor Orban indirectly calls for, would lead to a direct the threat of Russian aggression for Hungary and the Hungarians,» the ministry's website said in a statement.
The Foreign Ministry recommended that the Hungarian leader ask himself if he wants peace. «If the answer is yes, he needs to use his close ties with Moscow to stop the aggression against Ukraine and withdraw its troops,» the ministry concluded.