BUDAPEST, February 15. /TASS/. France and other Western countries believe that Ukraine should continue its military actions, while peace negotiations should begin when the situation on the battlefield is more favorable for the Kiev government, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said.

"We would like to see an immediate ceasefire and the launch of peace talks," he said in an interview with Hungarian journalists on Tuesday night, after talks with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna in Paris. "It appears that France’s position, as well as positions of all other European states, differs from ours."

In his words, Western countries "expect more favorable conditions for the start of talks to be created in Ukraine."

"We do not believe in this. We think that human suffering must end immediately. Peace is needed right now," the Hungarian top diplomat said, adding that both Hungary and France want peace in Ukraine, but differ in their views on how this goal can be achieved.

Therefore, their "approaches [to the problem] differ," he added.