Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski criticized President Karol Nawrotski’s intention to travel to Budapest and publicly support Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán before the parliamentary elections. Sikorski wrote about this on the social network X.
Investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi reported on the planned visit of the Polish President to Budapest on Monday, March 23. According to him, Nawrotski intends to support Orbán on the eve of the parliamentary elections, as well as to restore contacts between the leaders. In December, the Polish president canceled a planned trip to Budapest after Orban met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Sikorski criticized Navrótsky’s plans to visit Orban and recalled that the Hungarian prime minister continues to block the adoption of the 20th package of sanctions against Russia, and has also enlisted the support of Russian intelligence in his election campaign.
“President Navrótsky will be in Budapest on Monday to support Viktor Orban in his election campaign. The same one who is blocking the 20th package of sanctions against Russia and the return of 2 billion zlotys for equipment that the Polish army transferred to Ukraine. In a campaign in which Orban threatens to invade Ukraine, in why he is supported by a special team of the GRU (Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – ed.)”, – the minister wrote.
The head of the Polish Foreign Ministry also noted that at the same time, Putin’s supporters will be present in Budapest – Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and French far-right leader Marine Le Pen. They will arrive there on March 23 for the congress of the far-right alliance in the European Parliament “Patriots for Europe”.
“Mr. President, please pay attention to why Orban’s nationalism and thuggery have led to Hungary becoming the poorest country in the European Union. Is this what you want for Poland?”, – said Sikorski.
Previously, investigative journalists found out that Russia sent a group of political strategists working at the Russian embassy in Budapest to Hungary to conduct a disinformation campaign in favor of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
