The Hungarian government conducts an independent foreign policy and does not need EU permission to negotiate with Russia. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, Peter Szijártó, responding to the statement of the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Moscow without the approval of the EU leaders.
"We Hungarians do not need permission or a mandate from Brussels, Berlin or anyone else to participate in negotiations abroad. "Whether Brussels likes it or not, we conduct a sovereign foreign policy and our decisions are made based on national interests," the foreign minister wrote on Facebook.
On November 28, at the beginning of the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, Orbán stated that Hungary conducts an independent foreign policy, will not succumb to external pressure and will continue to cooperate with Russia in many fields.
