Péter Szijjártó, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, spoke to the UN General Assembly of the great danger facing the world. How could he have imagined that decades after his country joining NATO and the European Union, Europe would be facing a new Cold War, he asked. As a neighbor country to Ukraine, Hungary is “paying the price of a war which is not our war,” and which Hungary did not cause. The right question to ask now is “what is the fastest way to peace?” The later peace is reached, the more people will die and the more destruction will ensue.
There is no solution on the battlefield, he told the UNGA General Debate on Sept. 25. Instead, an immediate ceasefire and the start of peace talks are the only way forward. He reminded the assembly that the art of diplomacy is the “capacity to talk to those with whom you disagree” and rejected the idea of restricting talks (as Ukraine has demanded in its Russia-free “peace discussions").
