EU foreign ministers to discuss ‘dangerous proposals’, minister says

“The EU’s foreign policy chief, who is fortunately leaving his post soon, is behaving like a loose cannon and is making increasingly dangerous proposals (…) as regards both Ukraine and the Middle East,” he said, adding that those proposals “clearly carry the risk of escalation”.

Under Josep Borrell’s proposals, members and ministers of the Israeli government should be put on an EU list of sanctions, which Szijjarto said “would make communication, talks and maintaining contact with an ally, Israel, difficult and would on the other hand send signals that would clearly endanger the security and long-term stability of the Middle East.”

“Borrell wants more weapons to be delivered to Ukraine and wants to allow an option for the Ukrainian armed forces to use western equipment already dispatched to that country when launching a strike against inner Russian territories,” the foreign minister said.

“We firmly oppose proposals we consider dangerous because they carry the risk of an escalation of the war in Ukraine,” he said, adding that Hungary would “represent a pro-peace position” at the upcoming meeting in Brussels.