Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris, France on 4 September 2025
The Hungarian government rejects Brussels’ latest war decision, which risks direct confrontation with Russia, and will continue to protect the population of our country from this, said Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on Wednesday in Budapest.
The minister stated that at the meeting in Paris of the European countries belonging to the so-called Coalition of the Willing, a new decision had been made to continue the war in Ukraine, which creates the risk of direct confrontation with Russia.
By wanting to build up a military presence in Ukraine, Western European countries are creating the threat of direct war with Russia,”
he warned.
“However, we must unfortunately recognize that today’s policy and decision in Brussels is to wage war against Russia,” he continued.
Yesterday in Paris, the Coalition of the Willing made yet another proposal that pushes Europe closer to a direct confrontation with Russia.
By seeking to establish a military presence in Ukraine, Western European countries are creating the risk of a direct war with Russia.…
— Péter Szijjártó (@FM_Szijjarto) January 7, 2026
He then stated that this is an extremely dangerous decision and that it is the Hungarian government’s duty to protect the Hungarian people and families from the war. Péter Szijjártó then emphasized that only a sovereign government can protect Hungary from this war.
“Today, we have confirmed that Hungary’s sovereign, national government will protect the Hungarian people and Hungarian families from this war and will protect Hungary. We continue to support peace negotiations, we support high-level U.S.-Russian talks, and we reject Brussels’ latest decision to go to war,” he concluded.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš stressed on X that the Czech Republic does not plan to deploy troops as part of any peace mission.
The Czech Republic, like several other countries, does not count on sending its soldiers within a peacekeeping mission,”
he wrote. Andrej Babiš also confirmed that “no money from Czech citizens will be invested in the ammunition initiative,” while emphasizing that strong U.S. involvement is essential for a lasting peace.
Dnes jsem se účastnil jednání tzv. koalice ochotných v Paříži. Poprvé se v tomto formátu jednalo hlavně o míru, a to je velká změna oproti minulosti. Taky to bylo poprvé, co Spojené státy poslaly dva nejdůležitější vyjednavače. Řešili jsme to, co bude po ukončení bojů na…
— Andrej Babiš (@AndrejBabis) January 6, 2026
Via MTI; Featured photo: Dati Bendo / European Union, 2025 / EC – Audiovisual Service
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