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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's trip to Moscow would be discussed at the NATO summit in DC, while stressing that the PM did not represent the alliance during the talks with Russian President Putin, at a press conference in Brussels on Friday.
"At the NATO Summit in Washington next week, there will be the opportunity to discuss and address the discussions he had in Moscow. ... Of course, Viktor Orban is not representing NATO at these meetings, he's representing how own country," Stoltenberg said.
"We cannot have Minsk 3. What we need now is actually something that is credible. Something that actually the war stops and Russia stops its aggression," he continued.
Orban landed in Moscow on Friday and held talks with Putin on Ukraine and other topics. The trip saw criticism from other EU leaders. EU Foreign Affairs High Representative Josep Borrell said that Orban had 'not received any mandate from the EU Council' while Commission President Ursula von der Leyen claimed that 'appeasement will not stop Putin'.
Meanwhile Orban wrote on X that "you cannot make peace from a comfortable armchair in Brussels. Even if the rotating EU-Presidency has no mandate to negotiate on behalf of the EU, we cannot sit back and wait for the war to miraculously end."
Earlier this week, Orban visited Kiev and urged Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky to 'take a break', have a ceasefire and 'continue negotiations' - although admitted the response to his suggestion had been 'frank'.
Meanwhile, commenting on US President Biden's own mental health and fitness, Stoltenberg avoided directly addressing the issue.
"If I start to say anything that makes it possible to connect me to ongoing to political debates in any allied country, then I will just weaken the alliance. I have had and continue to have a very good working relationship with President Biden," Stoltenberg said.
Biden has faced calls for quit the presidential race following a much-criticised debate performance opposite Donald Trump last week.
'We'll discuss it with him in DC' - Stoltenberg warns Orban doesn't represent NATO in talks with Putin
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's trip to Moscow would be discussed at the NATO summit in DC, while stressing that the PM did not represent the alliance during the talks with Russian President Putin, at a press conference in Brussels on Friday.
"At the NATO Summit in Washington next week, there will be the opportunity to discuss and address the discussions he had in Moscow. ... Of course, Viktor Orban is not representing NATO at these meetings, he's representing how own country," Stoltenberg said.
"We cannot have Minsk 3. What we need now is actually something that is credible. Something that actually the war stops and Russia stops its aggression," he continued.
Orban landed in Moscow on Friday and held talks with Putin on Ukraine and other topics. The trip saw criticism from other EU leaders. EU Foreign Affairs High Representative Josep Borrell said that Orban had 'not received any mandate from the EU Council' while Commission President Ursula von der Leyen claimed that 'appeasement will not stop Putin'.
Meanwhile Orban wrote on X that "you cannot make peace from a comfortable armchair in Brussels. Even if the rotating EU-Presidency has no mandate to negotiate on behalf of the EU, we cannot sit back and wait for the war to miraculously end."
Earlier this week, Orban visited Kiev and urged Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky to 'take a break', have a ceasefire and 'continue negotiations' - although admitted the response to his suggestion had been 'frank'.
Meanwhile, commenting on US President Biden's own mental health and fitness, Stoltenberg avoided directly addressing the issue.
"If I start to say anything that makes it possible to connect me to ongoing to political debates in any allied country, then I will just weaken the alliance. I have had and continue to have a very good working relationship with President Biden," Stoltenberg said.
Biden has faced calls for quit the presidential race following a much-criticised debate performance opposite Donald Trump last week.
Mandatory credit: NATO TV
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's trip to Moscow would be discussed at the NATO summit in DC, while stressing that the PM did not represent the alliance during the talks with Russian President Putin, at a press conference in Brussels on Friday.
"At the NATO Summit in Washington next week, there will be the opportunity to discuss and address the discussions he had in Moscow. ... Of course, Viktor Orban is not representing NATO at these meetings, he's representing how own country," Stoltenberg said.
"We cannot have Minsk 3. What we need now is actually something that is credible. Something that actually the war stops and Russia stops its aggression," he continued.
Orban landed in Moscow on Friday and held talks with Putin on Ukraine and other topics. The trip saw criticism from other EU leaders. EU Foreign Affairs High Representative Josep Borrell said that Orban had 'not received any mandate from the EU Council' while Commission President Ursula von der Leyen claimed that 'appeasement will not stop Putin'.
Meanwhile Orban wrote on X that "you cannot make peace from a comfortable armchair in Brussels. Even if the rotating EU-Presidency has no mandate to negotiate on behalf of the EU, we cannot sit back and wait for the war to miraculously end."
Earlier this week, Orban visited Kiev and urged Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky to 'take a break', have a ceasefire and 'continue negotiations' - although admitted the response to his suggestion had been 'frank'.
Meanwhile, commenting on US President Biden's own mental health and fitness, Stoltenberg avoided directly addressing the issue.
"If I start to say anything that makes it possible to connect me to ongoing to political debates in any allied country, then I will just weaken the alliance. I have had and continue to have a very good working relationship with President Biden," Stoltenberg said.
Biden has faced calls for quit the presidential race following a much-criticised debate performance opposite Donald Trump last week.