(Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is able to act “immediately” as a peace dealer within the Russia-Ukraine battle if he’s elected in November, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has mentioned in a letter to EU leaders.
The letter, addressed to European Council President Charles Michel and shared with all EU leaders, was drafted after Orban held talks with Trump in addition to with the leaders of Ukraine, Russia and China.
“I can (…) surely state that shortly after his election victory, he will not wait until his inauguration, (Trump) will be ready to act as a peace broker immediately. He has detailed and well-founded plans for this,” Orban wrote.
Nationalist chief Orban, a long-time Trump supporter, made the shock visits to the capitals prior to now two weeks on a self-styled “peace mission” after Hungary took over the rotating presidency of the EU, angering allies.
Within the letter, Orban mentioned that US President Joe Biden was “making immense efforts” to stay within the electoral race, and instructed he was “not capable of modifying the current US pro-war policy.”
Orban has lengthy criticised European navy help for Ukraine in distinction to most allies who help Kyiv’s battle effort.
The Hungarian chief mentioned a Trump victory would change the burden between the US and the EU relating to monetary help for Ukraine, to the drawback of the Europeans.
“Our European strategy in the name of transatlantic unity has copied the pro-war policy of the US. We have not had a sovereign and independent European strategy or political action plan up to now,” he mentioned.
“I propose discussing whether the continuation of this policy is rational in the future.”
Orban instructed “reopening direct lines of diplomatic communication with Russia” whereas sustaining high-level contacts with Kyiv in addition to conducting talks with China “on the modalities of the next peace conference.”
