Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has denied information from Bloomberg, which reported on a call on August 18 between US President Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán about Ukraine's EU membership. Telex reports this on Thursday, August 21.
Szijjártó said that false information about a telephone conversation between Trump and Orbán after a meeting with European leaders at the White House had appeared in the press. According to him, even major news agencies "tend to portray themselves as having high moral standards."
"This was also the case with Bloomberg, which falsely claimed that after negotiations with European leaders, Donald Trump called Viktor Orbán and tried to convince him not to block Ukraine's application to join the EU. I would like to state clearly that there was no such phone call," the Hungarian Foreign Minister emphasized.
According to Szijjártó, the media reported on the fact of a phone call that never took place and published an "almost verbatim transcript."
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on August 19, Reuters, citing diplomatic sources, stated that the United States and European partners had agreed to hold a trilateral summit with the participation of the leaders of Ukraine, the United States, and russia, with Budapest being named as one of the possible locations.
On August 21, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó stated that Hungary had twice offered to accept peace talks between russia and Ukraine, and this offer remains valid.
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