German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock's visit to Hungary scheduled for July 8 will not take place. At the last minute, the Hungarian side canceled his meeting with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijártó in Budapest. This was confirmed by the German Foreign Ministry on the evening of July 5, adding that Berbock's visit to Budapest will be organized later. The German side expressed regret over the cancellation of Annalena Berbock's visit. "A serious and sincere conversation between the two foreign ministers would be very important after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's unexpected and uncoordinated visit to Moscow," according to Deutsche Welle, the German Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Since July 1, Hungary has assumed the presidency of the European Union. On July 5, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban's uncoordinated visit to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin caused an extremely negative reaction among his EU and NATO partners. considers it a threat to trust. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in turn, emphasized that Orbán is visiting Putin as the Prime Minister of Hungary, not as a representative of the European Union's foreign policy.
Hungary unexpectedly refused to receive the German foreign minister
06.07.2024 14:01 |
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Politics
