Hungary and Austria will not send weapons to Ukraine and would like to prevent the escalation of the ongoing conflict, Hungarian Defense Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky said after the talks with his Austrian counterpart, Klaudia Tanner, in Budapest Monday.
“Hungary’s position is clear: we do not ship weapons to the area of conflict, because we want to avoid its escalation, and our position coincides with Austria’s position,” Szalay-Bobrovniczky said, noting that the two ministers discussed the situation in Ukraine. “The neutral Austria also does not ship weapons to where hostilities take place.”
