Europe on Verge of Sweeping Changes: Hungary’s Foreign Minister
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The European Union will have to change its approach to the conflict in Ukraine as a result of Donald Trump’s victory at the presidential election in the US, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on the air with HirTV television.
"Europe stands on the threshold of sweeping changes," the minister said. "The presidential election in the US changed the situation. It is obvious that the European strategy (in respect of Ukraine), which has clearly failed, cannot be continued," Szijjarto noted, TASS reported.
The EU strategy is unsustainable because Trump intends to change the US approach to developments in Ukraine and Europe will not be able to support the Ukrainian army alone, the top Hungarian diplomat said. Trump "made it clear that he will endeavor to establish piece during his tenure in the presidential office," the minister noted.
The EU "has no ability either militarily or financially or economically to take the place of the United States, assume earlier supplies of weapons from the US and financial subsidies provided by the US until now and provide Ukraine with that on its own," Szijjarto added.
"We need a new strategy for the good of Europe, so that problems of concern for us do not hang over our head," the minister stressed.
