Szijjarto calls for continued dialogue in Russia-Ukraine standoff

Hungary has a national security interest in preserving long-term peace, and calls on all parties to maintain the dialogue between all parties involved in the eastern European conflict, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Brussels on Monday. Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting of European Union foreign ministers, Szijjarto said all "big players of world politics should return to the negotiating table rather than resort to provocation, messages and shows of strength". Szijjarto expressed hope that after a meeting scheduled to take place between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Geneva this week, the US and Russian presidents will also meet. "Hungary sees that as the only solution, the only hope," he said.