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sl8

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Sat Jul 6, 2024, 07:14 AM Jul 2024

Hungary says meeting with German foreign minister cancelled for technical reasons

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hungary-says-meeting-with-german-foreign-minister-cancelled-technical-reasons-2024-07-06/


Hungary says meeting with German foreign minister cancelled for technical reasons

By Reuters
July 6, 2024 4:43 AM EDT Updated 3 hours ago

BUDAPEST, July 6 (Reuters) - Hungary has cancelled a foreign ministers meeting with Germany scheduled for Monday in Budapest due to technical, not political, reasons, its Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

"Due to an unforeseen change in the minister's calendar, the foreign ministry has requested that the visit take place at a later date, hopefully in the near future," the ministry said.

"The reason is purely technical and not political."

The German foreign ministry said on Friday that it was "astonished" by the cancellation and that a "serious and honest" discussion was needed after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.

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Hungary says meeting with German foreign minister cancelled for technical reasons (Original Post) sl8 Jul 2024 OP
Lie.............................. Lovie777 Jul 2024 #1
The technical issue involves extricating Orban's head from Putin's ass JoseBalow Jul 2024 #2

Lovie777

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Sat Jul 6, 2024, 07:17 AM
Jul 2024

Orban should relinquish Nato's membership and Ukraine should be next in line.

Obviously Orban wants to be controlled by Putin whereas Putin would demand that Orban will do his bidding and send Hungarians to wars in support of Russia.

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