FM: Government hopes Trump's peace efforts in Ukraine will succeed
At a press conference during a break in an EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting, Minister Szijjártó was asked to comment on Trump's threat of imposing tariffs against Russia if no peace agreement is reached in Ukraine within 50 days.
Minister Szijjártó said no one had done more for peace in Ukraine than Trump, for which the president deserved respect and praise.
'I think it is clear that if European politicians and Ukrainian politicians had not hindered the peace efforts, they could have been successful by now,' he said, according to a ministry statement.
'We hope and trust that Donald Trump's efforts will succeed in the next fifty days, and bring about a ceasefire and the possibility of peace talks in Ukraine, and then this issue will no longer be relevant in fifty days,' he added.
'We are all hopeful and thank Donald Trump for his efforts so far and hope that his efforts will bring results in the coming weeks,' he said.
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