Hungarian MFA: media sabotaging Budapest peace summit

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Hungarian abroad Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday that "pro-war politicians and their media" were doing everything to prevent the organisation of the US-Russia summit in Budapest. Earlier that day, the White home announced that it was not planning to meet US and Russia's presidents in the close future.PAP

The head of Hungarian diplomacy accused "pro-war politicians and their media" of trying to prevent the planned peace summit in Budapest. The Hungarian abroad Minister commented on platform X controversy surrounding the event.

"Since the announcement of the Budapest Peace Summit, it has been clear that many will do everything in their power to prevent it from happening. Pro-war political elites and their media always behave this way before events that may prove decisive for war and peace" - wrote the Hungarian minister.

Warnings against disinformation

He added that akin patterns appear before almost all European Council gathering and before decisions on sanctions or the European Instrument for Peace. "Until the summit takes place, anticipate a wave of leaks, fake news and statements that it will not come," he noted.

On Tuesday, the White home reported that despite erstwhile announcements, it does not plan to meet US and Russian leaders in the close future. The reasons were to be differences in positions concerning the ending of the war in Ukraine.

Trump's earlier announcements

Last week US president Donald Trump announced after a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin that he would meet him in Budapest. Trump then announced an effort to resolve the Ukrainian crisis during the Hungarian meeting.

The president of the United States announced that during the gathering in Hungary, leaders would effort to "put an end to the 'infamous' war between Russia and Ukraine". However, the final plans for the possible summit stay uncertain.

Sources used: "PAP" Note: This article was created utilizing Artificial Intelligence (SI).

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