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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that he never told Ukrainians what to do in the context of the war with Russia, but was ready to help in a "neighborly" way.
He said this at a press conference after the informal EU summit in Budapest, informs UAINFO.org with the help of TSN.
Orban noted that Ukraine is a sovereign country and what Ukraine does belongs exclusively to Ukrainians.
"They decided to fight and they fought heroically, it's up to them to decide whether to continue or not," he said.
According to the Hungarian Prime Minister, his efforts are aimed only at isolating Hungary from the danger of war and a possible situation that will have a negative impact on Hungary.
"In July, I went to Kyiv and Moscow, I was harshly criticized for that. But what I did in Ukraine was not an attempt to convince Ukrainians to do something. I was only trying to explain to the president that time was not on his side and I was ready to help create a certain truce that would precede a longer peace. They rejected me and assured me that time is on their side," Orban said.
According to him, in conditions where both sides are convinced that time is on their side, he tried to create the widest possible "international peace climate" and then sooner or later incline the warring parties to negotiations.
"I never told Ukrainians what to do. Their country, their future, their life, a sovereign country. But I am ready to help them, as I have done many times, because they are our neighbors who fought heroically and who deserve a better future than what they have now," said Orbán.
