{"id":88503,"date":"2024-06-03T11:43:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T08:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/88503\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"hungarian-fm-claims-us-interfered-in-belarus-hungarys-elections","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/88503\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungarian FM claims US interfered in Belarus\u2019, Hungary’s elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 3, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> US organizations spent \u201ctens of millions of dollars\u201d to help the Hungarian opposition and media during the parliamentary election in 2022, Hungarian Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 told ONT<\/em> in an interview broadcast on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The diplomat, who visited Minsk last week, also agreed with the host\u2019s statement that the same mechanism was allegedly used during the 2020 presidential election in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have to defend our sovereignty because such interference is a direct attack on independence,\u201d Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 said, noting that the Hungarian opposition and media outlets continue to receive foreign funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NGOs, liberal groups and other similar actors should not be allowed to decide the future of states, the diplomat stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hungarian foreign minister came under fire from Belarusian opposition politicians over his Minsk visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Shameful to see Hungary’s Foreign Minister coming to Belarus as these visits become regular,” Franak Via\u010dorka, an aide to the Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High-level visits by Hungarian officials to Minsk are “hypocritical” because they legitimize political reprisals in Belarus and undermine the European Union\u2019s effort to isolate [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka’s regime, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 had an “exclusively pragmatic agenda,” ignoring the ongoing political crackdown in Belarus, Valeryj Kavale\u016dski of the opposition transition cabinet told Pozirk<\/em> on May 29, when the diplomat arrived in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hungary is the only EU member to maintain official contacts with the Belarusian government, accused of human rights abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budapest joined the EU sanctions against Minsk, but Hungarian officials have repeatedly stated their opposition to that policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last September, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka accepted credentials from Hungary\u2019s Zita Bencsik, the only EU ambassador to present credentials to the Belarusian ruler after 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 visited Minsk twice last year: in February and October, aiming to promote dialogue, economic cooperation and educational and cultural exchanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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