Loading ...EU Foreign Ministers Meeting in Uproar After Hungary Refuses More Arms for Ukraine
Hungarian FM Péter Szijjártó said hawkish countries’ “crazy” plans will only escalate the war.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said there had been a huge uproar during the Brussels meeting Monday between EU’s foreign ministers after Hungary refused for the EU to give €6.5 billion worth of arms deliveries to Ukraine through the so-called European Peace Facility (EPF) The EPF is an EU-backed fund that is supposed to “enhance the EU’s ability to prevent conflicts, build and preserve peace and strengthen international security and stability,” but which has provided billions of euros in military aid to Ukraine.
EU decisions on foreign policy require the unanimous backing of all 27 member states. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis criticised Hungary for blocking “almost all of our discussions and needed solutions and decisions.” Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said: “Every time we are coming here, we have to convince Hungary about not blocking very important initiatives.”
According to the German daily Bild, some NATO member countries, especially the Baltic states, Britain, and Canada are urging the alliance to move some NATO operations to within Ukrainian territory.