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Report: EU to Snub Hungary's Foreign Affairs Summit
Report: EU to Snub Hungary's Foreign Affairs Summit
Above: Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary, arrives for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 75th Anniversary Celebratory event at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium on July 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. Image copyright: Kent Nishimura/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images
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EU representatives will boycott a foreign affairs summit scheduled for Hungary next month — instead organizing their own version of the event — according to diplomatic sources who spoke to Politico.
Hungary, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency, plans to host the foreign affairs summit in Budapest during August 28-29. However, one diplomat said they would snub the event to "send a clear signal that Hungary does not speak for the EU."
It comes after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made trips to Ukraine, Russia, and China in an effort to find peace in Ukraine, sparking criticism from a number of European officials.