“He’s not talking about those elements, actually, that do not belong to the Russians; they talk about public policy matters that are with the EU,” Kovács said. Whether EU leaders “like it or not, he … tries to be the broker between Europe and Russia … to explain why decisions are happening,”
The spox described the claims that Hungary shared confidential information with Russia as “simply unfounded” and that “you won’t be able to show any kind of proof.”
On March 24, Szijjártó also admitted to liaising with Russia, Israel, Serbia, Turkey and other partners before and after EU
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known that foreign intelligence services intercept his phone calls.
“For four years we have been saying that the sanctions policy is a failure, causing more harm to the EU than to Russia,” Szijjártó said, adding that “Hungary will never agree to sanction individuals or companies
that are important for our energy security or for achieving peace.”
Hungary’s international spokesperson Zoltán Kóvacs told @politico.eu on Monday that the foreign minister’s contacts with Russia’s Lavrov were common diplomatic practice, and that he did not exchange sensitive information. /5
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meetings, qualifying it as a common diplomatic practice.
@ec.europa.eu said at the time that the revelations were “greatly concerning” and demanded clarification. Polish PM @donald-tusk.bsky.social said he was not surprised by the reports and added he is careful how he shares information during
