Posted on 11/01/2019 11:53:14 AM PDT by rintintin
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungary’s prime minster said Wednesday after hosting a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that good relations with Russia are a necessity because of his country’s geographical location. Analysts see Prime Minister Viktor Orban as Putin’s closest ally in the European Union and Hungary has long advocated for the end of sanctions against Russia for actions in Ukraine, saying they hurt the Hungarian economy. Trade between Hungary and Russia increased in 2018 for the first time since sanctions were put in place.
“It’s a simple geographical fact: No country can change its address,” Orban said during a news conference with Putin about Hungary’s need to cooperate with Russia. “Every country is located where God created it. For Hungary, it means being in a Moscow-Berlin-Istanbul triangle.”
Orban mentioned Hungary’s membership in the European Union and NATO but said that it did “not rule out establishing political cooperation with Russia on certain issues.”
Orban said Hungary, which depends greatly on Russian gas and oil, was trying to cooperate with Russia on issues like preventing migration to Europe, stabilizing the Middle East and aiding Christian communities around the world.
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The EU is a bigger tyrant than Russia is.
Countdown to the deep state plants calling Orban a Putin asset in 3...2....1
This goes to the heart of why the US deep state feels Russia must be enemy #1 and must be taken down.
Hungary and Czech Republic labeled as such for quite some time.
The people of Hungary are not nearly as pro Russia as Orban. He should tread carefully.
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