Macron invites Orbán to discuss Ukraine ahead of key EU summit
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Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:13:59 +0200
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbn will hold talks with the French president in Paris on Wednesday at the invitation of Emmanuel Macron, ahead of an important EU defence summit.
Source This was reported to the Hungarian news agency MTI by the Prime Ministers Communications Department, European Pravda reports, citing Telex Details The main topic of the talks between Macron and Orbn will be the war between Russia and Ukraine.
On Sunday, 2 March leaders or diplomatic representatives of 18 countries met in London under the leadership of UK PM Keir Starmer and French President Macron to discuss EU security issues.
This followed a fierce verbal exchange between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday and the subsequent announcement that America would cut off military aid to Ukraine.
The Hungarian prime minister did not attend Sundays meeting.
Orbn later said that London had decided to continue the war in Ukraine.
Background European leaders reacted to the news of the suspension of US military aid to Ukraine by presenting the ReArm Europe programme, which could mobilise up to 800bn for defence, by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
On 6 March, EU leaders will gather for a summit dedicated to strengthening Europes defence.
On the eve of the summit, Hungary threatened to block the inclusion of a reference to support for Ukraine in its final statement.
The Hungarian government supported the decision of the US President Donald Trumps administration to suspend all military aid to Ukraine.
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