Donald Trump will immediately demand peace talks between Russia and Ukraine if he wins the US presidential election in November and has developed “well-founded plans” to do so, Viktor Orban said after private conversations with the Republican candidate.
This perspective means that EU should resume direct diplomatic contacts with Russia and begin “high-level” talks with China to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine, the Hungarian prime minister said in a private letter to EU leaders following consultations in Moscow and Beijing, The Financial Times reports.
“I am more than convinced that, in the likely event of President Trump's victory, the proportion of the financial burden between the US and the EU will change significantly to the disadvantage of the EU when it comes to financial support for Ukraine,” the newspaper quotes Orban's letter as saying.
“Our European strategy in the name of transatlantic unity copies the pro-war policy of the United States,” Orban writes. “Until now, we have not had a sovereign and independent European strategy or a political action plan. I propose to discuss whether it is rational to continue this policy in the future.”
“We can find a window of opportunity with a strong moral and rational basis to begin a new chapter in our politics. . . [и] “make efforts to reduce tensions and/or create conditions for a temporary ceasefire and/or the start of peace negotiations,” the Hungarian prime minister proposed to EU leaders.”
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