Hungary’s PM: Western leaders gripped by “war fever”

BUDAPEST, March 10– Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday that the world is closer than ever to a world war because the leaders of the West are “gripped by war fever.” Orban recalled that the Russia- Ukraine armed conflict resulted in the loss of thousands of people on both sides. According to him, only the Vatican and Hungary want peace in Europe, and only…

BUDAPEST, March 10 (Xinhua) — Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday that the world is closer than ever to a world war because the leaders of the West are “gripped by war fever.”

“They are making speeches calling for the war to be won, which demands more sacrifices, and are sending more powerful weapons to Ukraine,” Orban said on public broadcaster Radio Kossuth.

He argued that the international public opinion is sharply divided: the West is on one side, while the Arabs, the Chinese, the Africans and the Turkic states are on the other. The latter he said, want peace: “They are proposing a ceasefire and negotiations.”

Orban recalled that the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict resulted in the loss of thousands of people on both sides.

He said Germany “started with sending helmets, now they are on to tanks, and the new topic now is whether they should send fighter jets.”

The possibility of soldiers from countries allied with Ukraine crossing the Ukrainian border is also not to be excluded, he said.

“We have never been so close to a local war escalating into a world war,” he said. According to him, only the Vatican and Hungary want peace in Europe, and only Hungary within the European Union.

He said Hungary needs to invest in developing a modern army, which is the only way to guarantee the country’s safety. Enditem