“We will not allow Chinese police to patrol the streets of Warsaw,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said. Visegrad vision To an English newspaper called The Polish Head of Diplomacy said: Everyone judges his sovereignty as he sees fit.
Among other things, the paper discussed European perspectives, prospects for peace, Poland’s proposed new transatlantic strategic communication initiative in the EU, and the resilience of Central and Eastern European alliances with the minister, but also asked him what they are not. Are Viktor Orbán’s recent trips to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin a problem?
Radosław Sikorski said he would like to see the impact of these meetings, and in addition to acknowledging the seriousness of the Hungarian Prime Minister's PR activities, he noted that Hungary's position was not supported at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. According to Sikorski, Viktor Orbán “seems isolated”, even though he is the one who is asking Europe for solidarity on the issue of oil supplies.
During the Hungarian presidency, there was also disagreement over the venue of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting. As a compromise, Radosław Sikorski suggested that it should be held in Ukraine, Lemberg or even Munkács, which Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto initially enthusiastically agreed to, but then vetoed – according to the Polish minister.
I don't see how Hungary can increase its influence by being located between Moscow and Brussels, it just makes everyone angry.
– This was the opinion of the Polish Foreign Minister who said that Poland and the Czech Republic are committed to helping Ukraine, Slovakia has turned neutral, and Hungary is on its way. The Polish politician believes that the Visegrad Group can act only on issues where interests are shared.
strained relationship
Hungary’s relations with Poland have become more strained recently. As the Index also writes, Poland’s deputy foreign minister recently criticized Viktor Orbán’s speech in Tusványi, saying that the Hungarian prime minister is anti-Polish and would do better if he forged a new alliance with Putin.
In Peter Szijjarto's answer, he wrote that they had so far tolerated Warsaw's hypocrisy and provocations in light of Polish-Hungarian friendship, but now the cup was full.
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