Orban, a self-proclaimed proponent of “illiberal” democracy, has vexed European Union and NATO partners with his opposition to sanctions and cozy ties to the Russian leader.
RIGA, Latvia — Russian President Vladimir Putin, increasingly isolated over the war against Ukraine, met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in China on Tuesday.
Orban has irritated other NATO members by slow-walking Sweden’s accession to the alliance and his refusal to fully support Ukraine. Relations between Hungary and Russia rely “on everything positive that we have inherited from the past,” Putin added, shrugging off his isolation in the West.“Hungary has never wanted to confront Russia,” he said. “On the contrary, Hungary’s goal has always been to establish and mutually expand the best contacts. And we succeeded,” he said.But he conceded that Hungary’s ties with Russia had been under pressure due to the war, saying, “We have never been in such a difficult situation before.
U.S. Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman sharply criticized the meeting in a post on X, formerly Twitter, saying that Hungary “alone among our Allies” chose to stand “with a man whose forces are responsible for crimes against humanity in Ukraine.”“While Russia strikes Ukrainian civilians,” Pressman wrote, “Hungary pleads for business deals.”
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