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Press: Autocratic world leaders come to Budapest to meet Orbán
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The World Athletics Championships starting in Budapest on Saturday will bring a frenzy of diplomatic activity to Budapest, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Friday. Among others, the presidents of Serbia, Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, as well as the emir of Qatar are scheduled to pay working visits during the championships, the minister told a press conference. Szeretlek Magyarország said half the world’s authocratic leaders are to visit Hungary and Orbán.
Cooperation instead of war
The programme will also include talks with several Western Balkan leaders such as the president of the Bosnian Serb Republic, a representative of the presidency of Bosnia, as well as former heads of state from Czechia, Austria, and Slovenia, he said. Szijjártó highligted recent “environmentally friendly, sustainable, and large-scale sports infrastructure developments” which have created suitable conditions to host “one of the world’s largest sports events”, and called those efforts “the shared achievement of all Hungarians”.
The championships being hosted in Hungary are “especially important now, when sports could lead to cooperation and links between nations at a time of conflict and war“. The world being divided into blocs again was “bad news”, he said, adding however that “the news about new links can best be conveyed by sports”. Concerning the agenda for prime ministerial talks during the championships, Szijjártó said energy supplies, physical security — focusing on the war in Ukraine and migration — as well as fighting economic difficulties would be on the agenda.
Referring to Qatar, Szijjártó noted the country is the world’s largest LNG exporter, and could offer LNG supplies to Hungary from 2027. He added that relevant talks are under way. Hungary and Qatar are in close cooperation in international organisations, and are planning to sign a diplomatic cooperation agreement, he added.
Orban can no longer meet with leaders of democratic countries beyond the Visegrad four and even they cancelled meetings with him for a period. He only meets with dictators and autocrats because he is one of them. Those are the people who won’t think twice about making corrupt kickback deals with Orban. Hungary is in a very dark place under the autocratic Fidesz regime.
@Anonymous, what are you smoking?
You do know that these same leaders that Hungary is meeting are also the same leaders that the EU is engaged with. Funny enough, where do you think the EU has been getting its oil from, since its sanctions on Russia? The US?
I will give you a hint, it starts with an “Az” and ends with an “n.”