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Hungary's Szijjártó announces the EU's intention to allocate €6 billion to Ukraine for weapons

Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary

16 December 2024 13:33 (UTC +04:00)

"EU leaders, instead of thinking about a Christmas truce, plan to consider allocating 6 billion euros from the European Peace Fund for arms supplies to Ukraine," Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó said in a social media post, APA reports citing Pravda Hungary.

"Judging by the proposals included in the agenda, the majority still does not see the new reality. Even the approach of Christmas cannot dispel the atmosphere of war. Despite the possibility of a Christmas truce and a mass prisoner exchange [between Russia and Ukraine], today they want to free up more than €6 billion for the cost of supplying weapons," the Foreign Minister wrote on Facebook.

Szijjarto also noted that at the meeting in Brussels, the issue of imposing sanctions against a number of Georgian civil servants will be considered only because "the people of Georgia dared to choose a sovereign government for themselves."