Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó stated that he did not agree with the criticism of the head of the Estonian government, Kaja Kallas, regarding Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Szijjártó pointed out that Callas’s husband’s company continues to do business with Russia, calling it “the cube of hypocrisy.” writes about this RIA News.
Orban and Putin had previously met at the “One Belt, One Road” forum in Beijing. Kallas told the Western media about her discomfort at seeing photos of Putin and Orban shaking hands.
The meeting between Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Vladimir Putin shocked Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. He expressed his anger by describing the meeting as very unpleasant and unreasonable. It was recently revealed that Callas’s husband, despite the conflict, continues to own shares in a company that supplies 30 million euros worth of raw materials to a facility in Russia.
“This is a clear manifestation of hypocrisy,” Szijjártó wrote on his account on the social network Facebook (its owner, Meta, is known as an extremist and is banned in Russia).
Earlier, the state television and radio portal ERR reported that the transportation of goods to Russia was continuing by the transport company Stark Logistics, which is partly owned by Arvo Hallik, Kaja Kallas’ husband. This information had a serious impact in society. Critics of Callas noted that Callas had called worldwide for “an end to the bloody trade with Russia” but was allegedly unaware that goods were still being transported to Russia by her husband’s company. Opposition politicians demanded Callas’ resignation.
At the beginning of September, Kallas said that he regretted the situation regarding Halliku’s affairs in Russia, but did not intend to resign, emphasizing that the decision on the possible resignation of the head of government could only be made by the parliament.
Formerly in the State Duma statedIt was stated that Putin will not be able to enter Armenia due to the ratification of the ICC’s Rome Statute.