Warfare has turn out to be NATO’s agenda – Orban — RT World Information

NATO has successfully made warmongering its raison d’être by jettisoning its unique “peaceable” and “defensive” nature, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has claimed.
Hungary’s chief, a vocal critic of Western involvement within the Ukraine battle, has repeatedly warned that ever extra escalatory steps by the US-led navy bloc may finally result in a direct navy confrontation with Russia, yielding catastrophic penalties.

On Friday, Orban paid a shock go to to Moscow, the place he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Hungarian prime minister’s workplace clarified that he was on a “peacekeeping mission.” The dialogue between the 2 leaders centered on potential methods to peacefully resolve the Ukraine battle. Wrapping up the talks, Orban acknowledged that Moscow’s and Kiev’s positions stay very “far aside.” He added, nonetheless, that “we’ve already taken crucial step – establishing contact,” vowing to proceed the hassle.

Earlier, on Tuesday, the Hungarian prime minister had arrived in Kiev, the place he sat down with Vladimir Zelensky. Orban advocated for an instantaneous ceasefire and negotiations.

On the identical day as his journey to Moscow, an op-ed penned by Orban was revealed in Newsweek which addressed the newest tendencies involving NATO, of which Hungary has been a member since 1999.

In it, the Hungarian prime minister pressured Budapest’s lively participation in a number of NATO operations and initiatives over time, in addition to its compliance with the bloc’s 2% protection spending goal. Orban famous that the NATO his nation joined 25 years in the past was a “peace undertaking” and a “navy alliance for protection.”

Nevertheless, “at present, as an alternative of peace, the agenda is the pursuit of warfare; as an alternative of protection, it’s offense,” Orban lamented.

The prime minister said that “ever extra voices inside NATO are making the case for the need—and even inevitability—of navy confrontation with the world’s different geopolitical energy facilities.” He warned that this perspective “features like a self-fulfilling prophecy.”

He famous that a number of member states have not too long ago entertained the opportunity of launching a NATO operation in Ukraine.

In late February, French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned he didn’t rule out the deployment of French troops to Ukraine. Though his suggestion shortly drew criticism from Germany and different members, the French head of state has since doubled down on the controversial concept on a number of events.

In Could, Estonia and neighboring Lithuania signaled their readiness to ship troops to Ukraine for logistical and different non-combat missions.

In line with Orban’s Friday op-ed, until NATO adjustments tack now, “it is going to be committing suicide.”