“Confiscation of Russian assets to finance Ukraine? This is a declaration of war. Taking money from one side and giving it to the other would involve the EU in the conflict. This can't happen. Fortunately, I'm not the only person who thinks so,” wrote Viktor Orban on the X platform. The Hungarian Prime Minister added a short recording of his conversation with the media to the post.
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What did Viktor Orban write on Platform X?
How did Radosław Sikorski react to Orban's words?
How much money does Ukraine need according to the European Commission?
What was decided at the last EU summit regarding Russian assets?
Radosław Sikorski responded to Viktor Orban's words. “Russia is the aggressor”
In the recording, a reporter can be heard saying that Ukraine wants greater guarantees. – Guarantee of what? This whole idea of taking someone else's money is stupid. There are two countries that are at war, right? This is not the European Union. Russia and Ukraine. And the EU would like to take money from one side of the conflict and give it to the other. This is entering the path of war — Orban said in the recording.
Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski reacted to the Hungarian Prime Minister's entry. “Viktor, you should have learned at Pembroke College, where we both studied, that Russia and Ukraine are not “parties”. Russia is an aggressor condemned by an overwhelming majority of votes by the UN, and Ukraine is a victim of aggression. The victim has the right to compensation from the perpetrator“- wrote Sikorski.
The head of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peter Szijjarto, also joined the discussion and responded to Sikorski.
“Dear Minister! We have already paid a high enough price for a war that is not ours. We don't want to take any more risks! Please stop taking further steps leading to the escalation of the conflict!” – we read in Szijjarto's post.
Method of financing Ukraine. Leaders will make important decisions
On Thursday, during the meeting of EU leaders in Brussels, the main topic is how to finance Ukraine in the next two years. The European Commission and the International Monetary Fund have estimated that EUR 137 billion is needed for this purpose, two-thirds of which the EU has pledged to cover.
As the Polish Press Agency writes, the head of the European Council, Antonio Costa, recalled before Thursday's meeting that at the previous EU summit it was decided, among others, decision regarding the permanent freezing of Russian assets until the end of the war and compensation for the losses caused to Ukraine by Russia. Member states finally agreed to this last week.
Costa emphasized that the European Commission's proposal for reparation loans using frozen Russian assets has strong support among member states.
