Szijjarto and Sikorski had a fight over Russian assets

On December 14, the Foreign Ministers of Poland and Hungary, Radoslaw Sikorski and Peter Szijjarto, had a dispute on the social network X (former. Twitter) on the issue of confiscation of frozen assets of Russia in Europe.

The skirmish began with the fact that Sikorsky responded to a post by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in which he wrote that the decision to confiscate Russian assets bypassing Hungary by the leaders of the European Union (EU) actually violates its own legislation and declares war on Russia. Orban assured that Hungary "is not going to participate in this perverted Brussels scheme."

In response, the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, hinting at Orban's connection with Russia, wrote a comment under the post: "Viktor [Orban] earned his Order of Lenin." This comment provoked indignation from Szijjarto, who replied to Sikorski that Poland "really wants a war between Russia and Europe" and Hungary would not allow itself to be drawn into this conflict.

The Polish Foreign minister responded to Szijjarto, saying that such a conflict would not happen without Russia's actions, and added that Hungary "would have sided with her this time."

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On December 11, Rutte called on European countries to increase defense and production spending to "fight Russia." He also stressed that states should continue to "exert pressure on Russia and support efforts aimed at ending the conflict in Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticized Rutte, saying that the words about preparing for war are the words of a representative of a generation that has forgotten what World War II was like.

On the same day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Russia has no aggressive plans against the European Union (EU) and NATO and is ready to put this in writing. At the same time, the minister declared Russia's readiness to respond to possible attacks by the EU.

Zoltan Koshkovich, an analyst at the Hungarian Center for Fundamental Rights, said on December 12 that NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's statement on Europe's need to be prepared for conflict speaks to the alliance's desire for war.

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