NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that Hungary had agreed not to block the military alliance from supporting Ukraine, but that the government in Budapest would not send personnel or aid to the war-torn country.
At a summit in Washington next month, US President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts are expected to agree on a new system to provide more predictable and long-term security assistance and military training to Ukraine.
“Hungary will not participate in those NATO efforts and I accept this position,” Stoltenberg told reporters in Budapest, after talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Stoltenberg said that he and Orban “agreed on the modalities for Hungary’s non-participation in NATO’s support to Ukraine.”
“No Hungarian personnel will participate in these activities and no Hungarian funds will be used for support. At the same time, the Prime Minister assured me that Hungary will not oppose these efforts, allowing other allies to move forward and confirmed that Hungary will continue fully to fulfill their obligations towards NATO,” added Stoltenberg.
NATO makes all its decisions by consensus, giving veto power to any of the 32 allies, AA writes.
