Hungarian international minister accuses Zelenskyy of mendacity about Budapest’s delegation in Ukraine

Hungarian Overseas Minister Péter Szijjártó has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of mendacity after Zelenskyy mentioned he doesn’t know what the Hungarian delegation is doing in Ukraine.

Supply: European Pravda, citing Szijjártó on Fb

Particulars: Szijjártó mentioned that "the Ukrainian president is mendacity".

Quote: "Zelenskyy claims he didn’t know concerning the arrival of the Hungarian delegation in Ukraine as a result of the Hungarian authorities didn’t coordinate the go to with Ukraine's Ministry of Overseas Affairs. However what’s the actuality? Yesterday we formally knowledgeable the Ukrainians {that a} Hungarian delegation led by Deputy Power Minister Gábor Czepek [State Secretary at Hungary's Energy Ministry] would go to Ukraine to examine the situation of the Druzhba oil pipeline, and we additionally requested a gathering with Ukraine's power minister."

Extra particulars: Szijjártó additionally posted a photograph of a doc dated 10 March referring to the related request from the Hungarian Embassy to Ukraine's Ministry of Overseas Affairs. It mentioned the delegation could be in Kyiv on Thursday and Friday. The embassy requested the ministry to assist prepare a gathering between the delegation and Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Power.

Szijjártó mentioned the Ukrainians had blocked oil provides to Hungary at a time when maritime oil transport is going through the best uncertainty in historical past, whereas the one different to the Druzhba oil pipeline is the ocean route.

Quote: "Due to this fact, the Ukrainian oil blockade is nothing lower than a grave crime in opposition to Hungary."

Background:

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy has mentioned he doesn’t know what the Hungarian delegation that arrived allegedly to examine the Druzhba oil pipeline is doing in Ukraine.
• Ukraine's Overseas Ministry acknowledged {that a} Hungarian "monitoring group" entered Ukraine on the morning of 11 March, however it has no official standing and no official conferences are scheduled.
• The group of Hungarians led by Gábor Czepek, Hungary's State Secretary of the Ministry of Power, introduced its intention to go to Ukraine to carry talks on restoring the operation of the Druzhba oil pipeline and to examine its situation.

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