PM Orbán and FM Szijjártó condemn Ukraine’s forced conscription practices, calling for EU action and to block Kyiv’s swift EU accession. Continue reading
The government will urge the EU to adopt a common position on the issue of forced conscription in Ukraine. This comes in response to a recent incident in which a Hungarian man was brutally beaten to death, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Monday in Budapest.
At a joint press conference with the Moroccan Minister of Trade, Péter Szijjártó described it as shocking that “the international political community turns a blind eye when the brutal, violent conscription taking place openly in Ukraine is made public,” while “if a tenth of that happens elsewhere, the European Union rushes to condemn such acts.“
Ez lett volna a mesterterv:
Ukrajna lett volna a gonosz sheriff, amerika furküsbotja és megfegylmezte volna a renitens államokat.
Szerencsére hazajött az igazi sheriff és rendet tesz eltűnteti ezt a koszfészek Ukrajnát.— Anna (@ABarta199511) July 16, 2025
“… We see the videos. No one has refuted the authenticity of these videos because they cannot be refuted. In Ukraine, manhunts are taking place in many cases, and untrained people, completely incapable and unsuitable for military service, are being kidnapped and forced into frontline duty witnessed by their families and young children,” he emphasized.
Ez itt Ungvár, és bizonyítottan egy kettős állampolgár család szerepel a videóban. Azaz két magyar-ruszin szülő éppen próbálja megmenteni a 17 éves fiát az ukrán sorozótisztek elől.
Mikor hagyják már békén ezeket a szerencsétleneket Zelenszkij kutyái? Semmi közük sem a… pic.twitter.com/97pcCA7flF
— Dias (@Diasthegoat7) September 1, 2024
Szijjártó announced that he would therefore raise this issue at Tuesday’s EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels and urge the EU to take a position on whether it considers the violent and brutal coercion taking place in Ukraine to be acceptable.
I believe that what is happening in Ukraine in this regard is contrary not only to human rights and international law, but also to basic human norms,” he said.
Finally, regarding U.S. arms deliveries to Ukraine, the Minister stated that no one has done as much for peace as U.S. President Donald Trump, whose peace efforts could have been much more successful in recent months if they had not been hindered by European and Ukrainian leaders.
While the Foreign Minister emphasized the responsibility of Ukraine and the EU in resisting U.S. peace plans, he did not mention the role of Russia in hindering the peace negotiations.
“I really hope that Donald Trump does not give up on his peace efforts. From this point of view, we must consider it encouraging news that my American and Russian colleagues held personal talks for almost an hour last week; this is a good sign,” he said. “I sincerely hope that the peace talks will continue. Because it is in our interest to have peace,” he explained, adding that “Hungarian money, Hungarian weapons, and Hungarian soldiers will not go to Ukraine.”
Via MTI; Featured image: MTI/Koszticsák Szilárd