The Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin sharply criticized Hungary on Tuesday, following revelations about the relations of the Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó with Russia, calling his conversations with his counterpart in Moscow “repulsive” and “sinister,” reports The Guardian.
In an unusually harsh comment, Tusk said: “What we have heard and what we already suspected is just a confirmation of the deeply disturbing political dependence of Viktor Orbán’s government and his foreign minister, Mr. Szijjártó, directly on the authorities in Moscow.”
“It’s been a long time, if it ever passed, since I last heard something so discouraging. What these recordings have revealed is more than just the simple political dependence of the Budapest government on Moscow; it has exposed just how unacceptable and bizarre this relationship truly is.”
A foreign minister of a European nation – a member of the European Union – who reports to the Russian foreign minister about the completion of a task and asks for patience because he knows he still has many tasks to fulfill? You could hardly imagine something more repulsive. It is absolutely disqualifying.
Poland loves Hungary, and the Poles love the Hungarian people; our friendship has endured for decades and centuries. That’s why it’s so important to me that everyone in Hungary hears this: nothing has changed for us. We are happy to be part of the European community alongside the Hungarian people.
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