Hungary decided not to obstruct the EU

Despite the fact that official Budapest did not join the convention on punishing the Russian Federation for its crimes, it did not oppose it.

Viktor Orban sent a low-level diplomat from his embassy to this meeting — she “came out for coffee” at a key moment in the event.

In fact, the Hungarian authorities deliberately "gave the green light" for the EU to sign the convention, although they had previously threatened to block this process many times.

This happened as part of the next consideration of the issue — it was then that official Budapest removed the block and added its written explanation.

This situation allows us to draw an analogy with the famous decision of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to "go out for coffee" during the vote on Ukraine's move to the EU in December 2023.