Backlash builds over Hungary becoming a member of Russia, Syria and Belarus at safety summit

“In French, we are saying ‘while you cross boundaries, there are not any limits,’” stated Camille Grand, a former NATO assistant secretary-general. “Extremely troubling,” he added.

Marko Mihkelson, chairman of the Estonian Parliament’s overseas affairs committee, echoed their frustration, asking, “How lengthy extra?”

Szijjártó, the highest diplomat in Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s authorities, is about to talk on October 31 on the Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security, a summit seen by Russia and its allies as a rival to the Munich Security Conference.

The Hungarian overseas minister has visited Moscow, St. Petersburg and Minsk a number of occasions because the starting of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and Orbán has maintained his shut ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin.