The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, and the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, They spoke briefly Sunday while attending the president’s inauguration, Javier Milei, according to a video published on the YouTube channel of the Argentine Senate. Zelensky later met with the libertarian.
There were no details immediately available about what they discussed. Ukrainian media had speculated that the two could meet in Buenos Aires to resolve differences over the intention of Kyiv to be a member of the European Union.
The images showed the leaders chatting for about 20 seconds as they mingled with other guests in the Argentine Congress, ahead of a European Union summit next week.
The summit will decide whether to start talks on the membership with Ukraine. Orbán has repeatedly said he is opposed to starting talks now. Any decision to proceed has to be unanimous.
Orbán has also threatened to block measures to give kyiv 50 billion euros in budget support until 2027, although a halt official said on Friday that EU would find ways to support Ukraine financially, even if Hungary vetoed the measure.
Zelensky wished Milei and Argentina “success”
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, was one of the figures that generated the greatest attraction this Sunday in the assumption of Milei, after the Russian invasion put it at the center of the international scene.
His arrival at Congress included an important security operation, which included a tank from the Federal Police. “Today I participated in the inauguration of Javier Milei in Buenos Aires and congratulated the new President,” said the president.
Then he considered that it is “a new beginning for Argentina” and I wish the president Milei “and all the Argentine people surprise the world with their successes. I am also sure that bilateral cooperation between Ukraine and Argentina will continue to expand.”
Milei meeting with Zelensky
President Milei, prior to his assumption, met with Zelenskythe president of Ukraine, which was one of the visits that resonated the most this Sunday, as it marked a historic milestone in Argentine international relations, evidencing a change in the country’s foreign policy.
From the meeting, which took place in the presidential office of Pink Housethe brand new one also participated chancellor, Diana Mondino.
The Ukrainian president published a message about the meeting: “I also held a bilateral meeting with Javier Milei . Today, the streets and squares of Buenos Aires they are filled with the word “freedom”, “bastt“ad.” Freedom is what unites us, Ukraine and Argentina. “We truly appreciate it, protect it and are willing to strengthen it together.”
Source: Ambito
