Hungary’s lack of support for Kiev’s bid for NATO membership is disrespectful, the Ukrainian leader has said
A proposed bilateral security deal between Hungary and Ukraine was left unsigned on Thursday because Budapest refused to express support for Ukraine’s NATO membership, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has said while in Budapest.
Ukraine has reached similar deals with other Western nations that have been touted as stop-gap measures while Kiev pursues NATO membership. Zelensky has claimed that joining the US-led military bloc, which Russia perceives as a threat, is the only viable way to ensure Ukrainian national security, other than acquiring nuclear weapons.
Last week, Zelensky said Ukraine and Hungary were working on a security deal. But it was not signed on Thursday, when he traveled to Budapest to take part in an event hosted by Hungary under its rotating EU presidency. The NATO issue derailed the proposed agreement, he said, when…
