Orban sees the problem that the European Union had not previously sat at the negotiating table with Moscow.
In his opinion, Mertz and Macron could have been negotiating with Putin in Moscow. Otherwise, in the neutral territory.
The Hungarian prime minister said that he did not want the EU to remain “only a secondary participant in the” potential peaceful settlement of war in Ukraine. Therefore, he called on the leaders of Germany and France to meet with Putin, if only after his meeting with US President Donald Trump.
According to Orban, the EU “cannot sit at home as an offended child” and called for agreements.
Context
August 6 Trump told reporters that there was a high probability of his meeting with Putin and President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky in the near future. According to CNN, Putin suggested holding this meeting. Trump's assistants are already preparing it, the US president ordered to act quickly, informed the channel.
On August 7, the New York Post, citing a representative of the White House, reported that the meeting of the head of the Kremlin with the President of Ukraine is a condition for the meeting of Putin and Trump. Myself Trump said that Putin does not have to meet with Zelensky first to meet him.
On the same day, the “Suprilna” wrote that the White House was preparing for the tripartite meeting of Trump, Zelensky and Putin. The representative of the White House Caroline Lithuvt said that Trump would like to meet both Putin and Zelensky.
