Hungarian PM Orban Says West Has Lost But Doesn't Want To Stop Russia-Ukraine War

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban. (Wikimedia Commons/Vlada Republie Slovenije/Bor Slana)

JAKARTA - Western countries lost the war in Ukraine but still don't want to end it or admit their failure, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said while speaking on the radio station Kossuth.

"They are in a difficult position, fighting a war that has lost," said PM Orban, asserting that Hungary had no intention of being dragged into these actions despite the pressure put on him.

"The situation is that Western countries do not want to stop the Russia-Ukraine war, so it becomes a valid question whether (Hungary) has room to maneuver," Orban said.

PM Orban said Hungarian's principleal stance had allowed him to maintain a "space to maneuver" in the economic field, which was heavily affected by the conflict in Ukraine.

"Reviving the Cold War is a bad idea, but many have responded to the Russia-Ukraine war in this way and effectively declared it in the economic field," he explained.

"We have managed to stay away from war and I think we can avoid bad economic policies based on wrong military logic," he said.

He reminded that Hungary continues to buy Russian oil and gas because it has received exceptions from several EU sanctions.

On that occasion PM Orban also expressed his hope that if former President Donald Trump wins the US general election on November 5, "war parties in America will be replaced by peace parties," potentially paving the way for resolving Ukraine's conflict.

"Former President Trump will return, and then we will be able to breathe a sigh of relief, because we will no longer be alone, at least there will be both of us," he said.