Hungary will not support European Union efforts to jointly raise aid funds for Ukraine amid its ongoing conflict with Russia, the country’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said.
Speaking at a conference in Sofia on Monday, Szijjarto said Budapest had supported Kiev directly as a neighbor and would continue to do so, but that it opposed joint efforts by the bloc to raise funds.
“We are ready to continue financial support on a bilateral basis, on the basis of a bilateral agreement between Ukraine and Hungary. But we will certainly not support any kind of joint EU borrowing in this field,” Szijjarto said.
He added that Hungary had been helping its neighbor in various ways for longer than some countries suddenly acting like Kiev’s “best friends.”
Explaining Budapest’s decision, the FM said his country had supported joint borrowing during the Covid-19 pandemic and “that was more than enough.”