Stefanishyna comments on Orban's reaction to EU's decision on Ukraine's accession

The official suggests that the demarche by the head of the Hungarian government at the meeting of EU leaders, where he left the room during the adoption of the decision on Ukraine's Eurointegration, has a similar explanation.

According to Stefanishyna, the Ukrainian team interpreted Orban's actions as the Hungarian Prime Minister leaving the chat at the EU summit.

She noted that moving forward, everyone will communicate based on their domestic audiences.

At the same time, the official emphasized that the key factor is the adoption of the decision in Brussels to start negotiations on Ukraine's EU membership, for which Kyiv received a green light at today's summit.

What proceeded this

Today, on December 14, at the EU summit in Brussels, the European Council endorsed the start of negotiations on the accession of Ukraine and Moldova to the bloc and granted candidate status to Georgia for EU membership.

However, during the adoption of this decision, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban left the room as a sign of his disagreement.

Later, Orban published a statement on his Facebook account, reiterating that Ukraine is allegedly not ready to start negotiations on joining the bloc. He also stated that Hungary does not want to participate in this bad decision.

The position of Hungary regarding Ukraine's accession to the EU

Earlier, the European Commission recommended initiating such negotiations in its report, but Budapest actively criticizes such a decision.

According to Orban, his country is not against Ukraine's accession to the EU, but he suggests postponing the question of opening negotiations for six months.

Before the summit, Stefanishyna mentioned the continuation of bilateral discussions between Hungary and Ukraine regarding the latter's EU membership.

You can learn more about what is happening at the EU summit in the article by RBC-Ukraine.