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Hungary Against EU Sending Military Instructors to Ukraine - Foreign Minister

© AP Photo / Mindaugas KulbisSoldiers take part in the NATO military exercise 'Iron Wolf 2022-II' at a training range in Pabrade, north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.
Soldiers take part in the NATO military exercise 'Iron Wolf 2022-II' at a training range in Pabrade, north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. - Sputnik International, 1920, 14.10.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Hungary does not support EU countries' plans to send military advisers to Ukraine because it threatens to deteriorate the situation, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday.
"When the EU began training Ukrainian troops, we constructively abstained, we do not agree with this mission and consider it dangerous ... but we did not prevent others from carrying it out. But now they are proposing that the EU delegate military advisers to Kiev as part of this mission. This is too much for the red line," Szijjarto told reporters, as broadcast by the M1 TV channel.
Hungary would not like the EU to create the risk of a new escalation, the minister added.
"We stated that we do not consider sending EU military advisers to Kiev acceptable, we consider it very dangerous and cannot support it," Szijjarto pointed out.
In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto gestures while speaking to the media during a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 21, 2022 - Sputnik International, 1920, 14.10.2024
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Some EU States Call for Countering Work of 'Friends of Peace' Group

At the meeting of the EU foreign ministers, there were calls to fight the "Friends of Peace" platform, but Hungary still supports its creation and intends to participate in joint work, the Hungarian foreign minister said on Monday.
"The 'Friends of Peace' group was criticized in general. There were even those who said that we should fight against the Friends of the World group, which, in my opinion, is really the highest achievement now. We continue to strongly support the creation of a group at the UN and are ready to participate in joint work," Szijjarto told reporters.

In September, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that China, Brazil and other countries of the Global South intend to create an open platform "Friends of Peace" to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.

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