Hungary opposes setting up 100 bln euro fund for military aid to Ukraine — minister
Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stressed that "the money of Hungarian taxpayers is not fit for implementing a decision that carries a risk of war"
BUDAPEST, April 4. /TASS/. Hungary is not ready to contribute to the proposed 100 billion-euro fund for military aid to Ukraine, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
Some other NATO members do not support the idea to establish the fund either, he told Hungarian reporters following a meeting in Brussels with his counterparts from the alliance.
"If NATO approves a package for 100 billion euros for a period of five years, it will result in additional expenses for the Hungarian budget in the amount of 10 billion euros. And I want to repeat again that the money of Hungarian taxpayers is not fit for implementing a decision that carries a risk of war," the minister said in comments broadcast by the Hungarian television channel M1.
Szijjarto said that he was not the only minister at the meeting who opposed the establishment of the fund. According to the Hungarian minister, other countries, including a major NATO member, also "criticized this idea from a financial perspective."
"One hundred billion is a lot of money," he said.