05:20Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that the previous attempts by the international community and Europe to resolve the conflict in Ukraine had been a 'total failure', speaking on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.
"It is obvious that what has been done so far by international community by Europe in order to resolve this conflict proved to be totally unsuccessful. That was a total failure so far. So all measures, all decisions which were based on the assumption that there is a solution on the battlefield, they all failed," he said.
Szijjarto also praised the efforts of Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and 'flexibility' of Russian companies in solving the problem of oil deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia after Ukraine’s 'unilateral decision' to stop supplying Russian oil through its territory.
"I have also expressed our appreciation to the minister that he has helped us with the Russian side being flexible on the oil deliveries. You know that the one unilateral decision of Ukraine to ban the Lukoil deliveries through Ukraine has put us and Slovakia in a very challenging situation. But with the flexibility of the Russian suppliers, we could modify the contract in a way that the oil deliveries are now continued," he said.
On July 17, Szijjarto said that Kiev imposed tightened sanctions against Russia's Lukoil oil company, banning oil transport to Central Europe via the 'Druzhba' pipeline. Lukoil is the largest supplier of oil to both Bratislava and Budapest. Ukraine has not explained why the company in particular was targeted. Slovakia and Hungary issued a joint request to the EU to mediate.
On Wednesday, during the UN General Assembly High-level General Debate, the Hungarian foreign minister described Western movement away from Russian energy as the 'biggest fake news ever'. The UNGA High-level General Debate continues in New York until September 30.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Europe's efforts to resolve conflict in Ukraine are 'total failure' - Hungarian FM Szijjarto
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that the previous attempts by the international community and Europe to resolve the conflict in Ukraine had been a 'total failure', speaking on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.
"It is obvious that what has been done so far by international community by Europe in order to resolve this conflict proved to be totally unsuccessful. That was a total failure so far. So all measures, all decisions which were based on the assumption that there is a solution on the battlefield, they all failed," he said.
Szijjarto also praised the efforts of Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and 'flexibility' of Russian companies in solving the problem of oil deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia after Ukraine’s 'unilateral decision' to stop supplying Russian oil through its territory.
"I have also expressed our appreciation to the minister that he has helped us with the Russian side being flexible on the oil deliveries. You know that the one unilateral decision of Ukraine to ban the Lukoil deliveries through Ukraine has put us and Slovakia in a very challenging situation. But with the flexibility of the Russian suppliers, we could modify the contract in a way that the oil deliveries are now continued," he said.
On July 17, Szijjarto said that Kiev imposed tightened sanctions against Russia's Lukoil oil company, banning oil transport to Central Europe via the 'Druzhba' pipeline. Lukoil is the largest supplier of oil to both Bratislava and Budapest. Ukraine has not explained why the company in particular was targeted. Slovakia and Hungary issued a joint request to the EU to mediate.
On Wednesday, during the UN General Assembly High-level General Debate, the Hungarian foreign minister described Western movement away from Russian energy as the 'biggest fake news ever'. The UNGA High-level General Debate continues in New York until September 30.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that the previous attempts by the international community and Europe to resolve the conflict in Ukraine had been a 'total failure', speaking on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.
"It is obvious that what has been done so far by international community by Europe in order to resolve this conflict proved to be totally unsuccessful. That was a total failure so far. So all measures, all decisions which were based on the assumption that there is a solution on the battlefield, they all failed," he said.
Szijjarto also praised the efforts of Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and 'flexibility' of Russian companies in solving the problem of oil deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia after Ukraine’s 'unilateral decision' to stop supplying Russian oil through its territory.
"I have also expressed our appreciation to the minister that he has helped us with the Russian side being flexible on the oil deliveries. You know that the one unilateral decision of Ukraine to ban the Lukoil deliveries through Ukraine has put us and Slovakia in a very challenging situation. But with the flexibility of the Russian suppliers, we could modify the contract in a way that the oil deliveries are now continued," he said.
On July 17, Szijjarto said that Kiev imposed tightened sanctions against Russia's Lukoil oil company, banning oil transport to Central Europe via the 'Druzhba' pipeline. Lukoil is the largest supplier of oil to both Bratislava and Budapest. Ukraine has not explained why the company in particular was targeted. Slovakia and Hungary issued a joint request to the EU to mediate.
On Wednesday, during the UN General Assembly High-level General Debate, the Hungarian foreign minister described Western movement away from Russian energy as the 'biggest fake news ever'. The UNGA High-level General Debate continues in New York until September 30.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.