Lithuanian Finance Minister Gintare Skaiste said Vilnius finds Budapest’s refusal to participate in the EU’s collective financial assistance for the restoration of Ukraine immoral. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance of the Baltic Republic. TASS.
“It is somewhat immoral for Hungary to block aid to Ukraine and relate it to issues of different levels,” he said.
Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declarationthat the country is ready to provide assistance to Ukraine on the basis of bilateral agreements, but against the pan-European loan.
Péter Szijjártó, then Minister of Foreign and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary spokeIt was stated that the country will not take part in the EU initiative by EU countries to provide a solidarity loan of 18 billion euros to Ukraine in 2023, but plans to help the restoration of the Ukrainian economy on a bilateral basis.