Hungary adopts resolution urging global community for peace in Ukraine
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Hungary's parliament votes in favor of urging the West to play a constructive role for a peaceful end to the war in Ukraine.
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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban votes along with lawmakers next to deputy premier Zsolt Semjen, on Finland's bid to join NATO, at the parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP)
The Hungarian parliament urged the global community, in a new resolution adopted earlier on Friday, to play a constructive role in reaching a peaceful settlement for the NATO-orchestrated war in Ukraine.
130 lawmakers voted in favor of the resolution while 24 voted against it. 45 members chose to abstain.
"We express our commitment to peace. We expect everything from all members of the international community that they will act in the name of the earliest possible peace as soon as possible and will avoid those steps that are associated with the expansion of the war," the resolution read.
Hungary placed on Russia's 'unfriendly countries' list
Russia has added Hungary to its list of unfriendly countries after certain moves taken by the government in Budapest that Moscow deemed to have been hostile.
Hungary has signed up to all of the European Union's anti-Russian sanctions and forced to comply with them, Russian ambassador to Hungary Evgeny Stanislavov said on Thursday.
The Russian diplomat underlined that Budapest "adheres to a pragmatic position," which it "is not going to abandon yet even under the pressure of its allies in the European Union and NATO."
However, Stanislavov underlined that Hungary "has classified the Kremlin as an unfriendly country."
This comes after Hungarian President Katalin Novak expressed her support for a peace plan for Ukraine that was based on "realistic goals."
The Hungarian head of state stressed that Russia must withdraw its troops from Ukraine in order for peace to prevail.
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