Orban proposed to the EU to restore diplomatic relations with Russia

The European Union should restore diplomatic relations with Russia and establish political cooperation with the countries of the Global South, whose respect Europe has lost "because of the war stance in Ukraine", Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a letter addressed to the President of the European Council, Charles Michel. As Bild wrote: referring to the document, Orban proposed to start a dialogue with China as well and warned that the intensity of the military conflict in Ukraine will "radically intensify" in the near future. According to Orban, the current US president will not change his "military policy regarding the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, but after the victory of Donald Trump immediately "will be ready to act as a mediator of peaceful settlement". Trump "has fundamental plans in this regard", assured the Prime Minister of Hungary. Orban wrote a letter to the President of the European Council after his visits to Ukraine, Russia and China, and also met Trump in the USA. EU leaders condemned his trip to Moscow, stressing that he was not authorized to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin on behalf of the European Union. In response to Orbán's actions, the EU countries decided to boycott the meeting of foreign ministers, which Hungary plans to hold in Budapest at the end of August. As a result of his visits, Orbán informed his European partners that Putin and Xi Jinping expect the resumption of peace talks by 2024. that's it. In this regard, the Prime Minister of Hungary called on the EU to start a peaceful dialogue without waiting for the USA, because it is not worth waiting for an initiative from Washington at least until November. Putin said earlier that he is ready to resume relations with the countries of the West, which he called Russia's enemies. , who want to divide and weaken the country from within. "The choice is theirs: do they intend to try to restrain Russia's development from now on, continue the policy of aggression and years of unceasing pressure, or look for a way of cooperation and peace," said the Russian President. Putin emphasized that the dialogue should be built. "not from the positions of power, without arrogance, arrogance and own exclusivity".