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Hungarian FM: cooperation with Russia based on mutual advantages, respect
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Hungary views Russia as a strategically important partner in the areas of economic cooperation, energy security, and the protection against the coronavirus pandemic, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday.
Szijjártó attended the announcement of Russian-owned Arnest Group’s first Hungarian investment, the foreign ministry said in a statement. The 17 billion forint (EUR 47m) aerosol filling and metal container production facility to be built in Alsózsolca by end-2024 is receiving a 7 billion forint state grant and training subsidies, and the investment will create 256 jobs. Szijjártó said the proportion of investments from the East in the Hungarian economy was growing, vindicating the country’s policy of opening to the East.
Agreement on the development project went ahead despite sanctions against Russia and in the face of criticism of pragmatic bilateral cooperation, he added. Several international players wanted to prevent cooperation, but, he added, the
Hungarian government had a vested interest in partnership based on mutual respect from which both sides profited equally.
…it is better to co-exist peacefully rather than be enemies….
If (or when) Russia invades Ukraine, we will even be neighbours! Isn’t that something to look forward to?
Don’t kid yourself that Russia respects anyone other than Russia. Szijjarto just sucking up and hedging his bets.
UK publication: “All evidence suggests that Vladimir Putin wants a regime in Kyiv favourable to Russian interests, much as Soviet leaders wanted in Hungary in 1956 and in Czechoslovakia in 1968. The west wisely did not argue or intervene on either of those occasions (SIC!). Russia’s motives today seem much the same. Putin is determined to oppose the emergence of possible liberal, western-oriented societies in Belarus and Ukraine”. Good thing we are part of NATO now, but let’s see if Putin’s appetite is satisfied after the annexation of the Ukraine?