Polish Radio
April 6, 2022

Polish PM condemns ‘Hungary’s hurtful words about Ukraine’

Mateusz Morawiecki made the comment during a media briefing in the village of Wola Karczewska in central Poland, the state PAP news agency reported.

Meeting reporters after a visit to an adult daycare center, Morawiecki said: “We must condemn all the bad, inappropriate, harmful, hurtful words coming from the Hungarian capital.”

He added: “The Hungarian government, too, must be clear about its condemnation of what is happening in Ukraine – there can be no exceptions.”

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Speaking at a rally after his governing coalition won a landslide victory in the general election, Orban said: “We will remember this victory until the end of our lives because we had to fight against a huge number of opponents.”

He went on to list several of his political adversaries, from the Hungarian left to “bureaucrats” in Brussels and the international media, “and the Ukrainian president too.”

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Referring to Hungary’s stance on the war in Ukraine, Poland’s Morawiecki vowed he “won’t spare any efforts and resources” to “shake all consciences,” the PAP news agency reported.

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Government official rejects Ukraine leaders’ remarks on Hungary

Foreign ministry state secretary Levente Magyar on Wednesday talked to Ukrainian Ambassador Lyubov Nepop, and rejected what he called “unfair accusations” levelled by Ukrainian leaders against Hungary.

Magyar told MTI after the meeting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna had accused Hungary’s government of “not reacting proportionately” to the Russia-Ukraine war.

Zelensky’s comments that Hungary “wasn’t even doing as much as everyone else does,” and that Hungary “supports Russia”, are offensive to all compassionate Hungarians who have condemned the war and actively helped Ukraine, Magyar said.

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“We call on Ukraine to refrain from insulting Hungary and commenting on its internal affairs even in these hard times; they can, in the meantime, continue to count on our help,” he said.