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Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto described Western movement away from Russian energy as the 'biggest fake news ever', during his speech to the UN General Assembly High-level General Debate on Wednesday.
"Many Western colleagues of ours like to say that they got rid of the energy sources of Russia, for example. This is one of the biggest fake news ever, because the western countries continued to do business with Russia, just like others, they just simply denied," he claimed.
"If you look at the share of Russian gas in the LNG ports in western part of Europe, you might be surprised. Or if you have a look at the oil arriving to the Western countries in Europe where it comes from originally, you might be surprised as well. And if you look at who is the number one uranium supplier of this very country, United States, you will be surprised as well. In order to avoid your homework, to look for it, this is the Russian Federation," he added.
On Ukraine, he also said that his country considered it "unacceptable that some countries would like to give exclusivity to one or another peace plan acting as if the other one would not exist."
"If we are honest to ourselves, we have to say that practically nothing has worked out, what international community and Europe has done as a reaction to this war," he said, referring to weapons deliveries which he said "have not changed the situation on the battlefield and.. have not brought us closer to peace".
Earlier, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky used his own speech to criticise alternative 'voices' in China, Brazil, Africa and Europe.
"If someone in the world seeks alternatives to any of these points or tries to ignore any of them, it likely means they themselves want to do a part of what Putin is doing," he claimed.
Meanwhile, Spain's Pedro Sanchez called on UNGA members to join Zelensky's own 'peace plan'.
"I invite all countries who have not yet done so to join that initiative and to work on the next step that is recovery rebuilding in Ukraine this year," he said.
Around 100 countries participated in the first 'peace summit' on Ukraine in Switzerland while 80 agreed to the final statement. Key Global South nations like India, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia and Mexico, as well as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia all took part but were among those not endorsing the final outcome. Brazil, attending as an 'observer', also did not sign, while China did not send an envoy.
At an earlier UNSC meeting on Tuesday, Zelensky claimed Russia needed to be 'forced' into peace. Moscow has said that any plan would need to respect the 'realities' of the situation on the ground and has questioned whether Zelensky, whose presidential term expired earlier this year, has the authority to agree a deal.
The UNGA High-level General Debate continues in New York until September 30.
'Biggest fake news ever' - Hungarian FM claims West does 'business with Russia' despite denials
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto described Western movement away from Russian energy as the 'biggest fake news ever', during his speech to the UN General Assembly High-level General Debate on Wednesday.
"Many Western colleagues of ours like to say that they got rid of the energy sources of Russia, for example. This is one of the biggest fake news ever, because the western countries continued to do business with Russia, just like others, they just simply denied," he claimed.
"If you look at the share of Russian gas in the LNG ports in western part of Europe, you might be surprised. Or if you have a look at the oil arriving to the Western countries in Europe where it comes from originally, you might be surprised as well. And if you look at who is the number one uranium supplier of this very country, United States, you will be surprised as well. In order to avoid your homework, to look for it, this is the Russian Federation," he added.
On Ukraine, he also said that his country considered it "unacceptable that some countries would like to give exclusivity to one or another peace plan acting as if the other one would not exist."
"If we are honest to ourselves, we have to say that practically nothing has worked out, what international community and Europe has done as a reaction to this war," he said, referring to weapons deliveries which he said "have not changed the situation on the battlefield and.. have not brought us closer to peace".
Earlier, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky used his own speech to criticise alternative 'voices' in China, Brazil, Africa and Europe.
"If someone in the world seeks alternatives to any of these points or tries to ignore any of them, it likely means they themselves want to do a part of what Putin is doing," he claimed.
Meanwhile, Spain's Pedro Sanchez called on UNGA members to join Zelensky's own 'peace plan'.
"I invite all countries who have not yet done so to join that initiative and to work on the next step that is recovery rebuilding in Ukraine this year," he said.
Around 100 countries participated in the first 'peace summit' on Ukraine in Switzerland while 80 agreed to the final statement. Key Global South nations like India, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia and Mexico, as well as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia all took part but were among those not endorsing the final outcome. Brazil, attending as an 'observer', also did not sign, while China did not send an envoy.
At an earlier UNSC meeting on Tuesday, Zelensky claimed Russia needed to be 'forced' into peace. Moscow has said that any plan would need to respect the 'realities' of the situation on the ground and has questioned whether Zelensky, whose presidential term expired earlier this year, has the authority to agree a deal.
The UNGA High-level General Debate continues in New York until September 30.
Mandatory credit: UNTV/News use only
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto described Western movement away from Russian energy as the 'biggest fake news ever', during his speech to the UN General Assembly High-level General Debate on Wednesday.
"Many Western colleagues of ours like to say that they got rid of the energy sources of Russia, for example. This is one of the biggest fake news ever, because the western countries continued to do business with Russia, just like others, they just simply denied," he claimed.
"If you look at the share of Russian gas in the LNG ports in western part of Europe, you might be surprised. Or if you have a look at the oil arriving to the Western countries in Europe where it comes from originally, you might be surprised as well. And if you look at who is the number one uranium supplier of this very country, United States, you will be surprised as well. In order to avoid your homework, to look for it, this is the Russian Federation," he added.
On Ukraine, he also said that his country considered it "unacceptable that some countries would like to give exclusivity to one or another peace plan acting as if the other one would not exist."
"If we are honest to ourselves, we have to say that practically nothing has worked out, what international community and Europe has done as a reaction to this war," he said, referring to weapons deliveries which he said "have not changed the situation on the battlefield and.. have not brought us closer to peace".
Earlier, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky used his own speech to criticise alternative 'voices' in China, Brazil, Africa and Europe.
"If someone in the world seeks alternatives to any of these points or tries to ignore any of them, it likely means they themselves want to do a part of what Putin is doing," he claimed.
Meanwhile, Spain's Pedro Sanchez called on UNGA members to join Zelensky's own 'peace plan'.
"I invite all countries who have not yet done so to join that initiative and to work on the next step that is recovery rebuilding in Ukraine this year," he said.
Around 100 countries participated in the first 'peace summit' on Ukraine in Switzerland while 80 agreed to the final statement. Key Global South nations like India, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia and Mexico, as well as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia all took part but were among those not endorsing the final outcome. Brazil, attending as an 'observer', also did not sign, while China did not send an envoy.
At an earlier UNSC meeting on Tuesday, Zelensky claimed Russia needed to be 'forced' into peace. Moscow has said that any plan would need to respect the 'realities' of the situation on the ground and has questioned whether Zelensky, whose presidential term expired earlier this year, has the authority to agree a deal.
The UNGA High-level General Debate continues in New York until September 30.