ST. PETERSBURG, June 6. /TASS/. Hungary has made it clear that it will not take part in NATO operations against Russia, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told reporters.
"NATO has come closer to war, and we don't want NATO to be closer to war than before, so we [Hungary] have made it very clear that we will not participate in such kind of actions," the top diplomat said on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). "We will not participate in weapon deliveries, we will not participate in training [of Ukrainian troops], we will not participate in financing. That's a very open position of ours, which we have been representing from the very beginning of this issue," he emphasized.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin drew the attention of Europeans, who were talking about the possibility of strikes on Russian territory with NATO weapons, to the small size of their countries and high population density. The Russian head of state advised them to take this factor into account when making such statements. According to the Russian leader's assessment, "this constant escalation can lead to serious consequences."
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