Hungarian top diplomat: Direct conflict between NATO, Russia to lead to world war

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has warned NATO countries against engaging in a direct conflict with Russia following a meeting with the bloc’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels on March 21.

"According to the current arrangement, NATO is not engaged in the war in our vicinity. This is how it is now. A direct conflict between NATO and Russia would lead to another world war," Szijjarto wrote on Facebook (banned in Russia as it is owned by Meta Corporation designated as extremist by the Russian authorities), according to TASS.

Hungary’s government said after the start of the conflict in Ukraine that it would not send weapons to Kyiv, and also called for resolving the issue solely by peaceful means.

Szijjarto reiterated this position at an EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels on March 20.

He added that Hungary refused to participate in the joint funding of ammunition supplies to the Ukrainian army.