US President Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize because he “has done an enormous amount” to end armed conflicts in the world, Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said in Moscow on Wednesday.

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the Russian Energy Week, Szijjártó said peace might return to central Europe soon. “These days, Donald Trump is the only hope for finding a settlement to the situation in Ukraine.”

Szijjártó thanked Trump for his efforts to broker peace, pointing to a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska earlier this year. He added that channels of communication with Russia must be kept open.

Orbán and Trump
The American president and Orbán at the Sharm El Sheikh peace summit. Photo: FB/Orbán

“Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize because he has done so much for peace, not only in Ukraine but in the whole world,” he said.

“We are grateful to him because he has done more for peace in Ukraine than any other politician in the world. The Hungarian prime minister has, of course, also conducted a peace mission and he, too, is doing everything he can, but when it comes to leaders of large and strong countries, President Trump is the one doing the most,” he said.

The signing of the Abraham Accords during Trump’s first term “brought realistic hope that inhabitants of the region can return to a peaceful and safe life; the ceasefire in Gaza is another,” Szijjártó said. “I believe that this solution might actually bring peace to the Middle East, after decades of unsuccessful attempts… It is thanks to him that Hamas freed the last Hungarian hostage,” he added.

Later in the day, Szijjártó is scheduled to meet Deputy Prime Ministers Denis Manturov and Alexander Novak, as well as the chiefs of Gazprom, Alexey Miller, and of Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev.

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