At the NATO summit, he also said Trump is ‘a man of common sense’ who is letting old wars run out of fuel.

On Wednesday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban pledged to prevent Ukraine from joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

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“NATO has no business in Ukraine. Ukraine is not member of NATO. Neither Russia. My job is to keep it that way,” he said upon arriving at the NATO summit in The Hague.

Orban said he would not block a potential final declaration from the meeting that names Russia as an adversary, but expressed confidence that Moscow does not pose a threat to the alliance.

“It’s always referred to that way. I believe Russia is not strong enough to pose a real threat to us. We are stronger,” he said, emphasizing that the real threat to Europe is not security-related but economic — specifically, the loss of global trade competitiveness.

Orban also praised U.S. President Donald Trump, calling him “a man of common sense” who is “making new wars shorter and letting old wars run out of gas.”

Asked whether Hungary will commit to spending 5% of its GDP on defense, the prime minister said they would do so only on the “precondition” that the European Union’s budgetary regulations are “completely reformed,” though he did not elaborate on what changes he was referring to.

“If we keep the regulations as they are, no one in the EU will be able to reach 5%, no matter what they say. We need to recalculate everything using a different method,” Orban added.

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Source: EFE

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