Callas argued with Orbán over Ukraine
The issue of Ukraine's membership in NATO arose.
The head of EU diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, even during her tenure as Prime Minister of Estonia, during the NATO summit, entered into an open dispute with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who opposed Ukraine's membership in the Alliance.
Politico writes about it.
Then Viktor Orban declared at the summit that Ukraine should never be accepted into the Alliance.
“It was a very rude moment,” recalled one of those present.
By the way, the president of Ukraine was also at the summit at that time.
Kallas was to speak next after Orbán. The publication's anonymous interlocutors note that she abandoned the prepared speech and answered Orbán directly.
“She answered Orbán directly, saying that he is wrong and that history and facts show that the goal of NATO is to avoid wars, not to provoke them,” -…
