A cookie in your pocket: Orban promised The EU has even more surprises in the framework of the "peace mission"

Even more unexpected diplomatic steps within the framework of the "peace mission" in Ukraine will follow a visit to Moscow at the beginning of Hungary's presidency in the European Union. This was stated today in an interview with the country's state radio by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Bloomberg reports.

"I have even more peacekeeping missions in my pocket. We will continue unexpected initiatives, each of which will bring us one step closer to peace," Orban said.

The Hungarian Prime Minister warned Hungary's EU partners and NATO announced its first diplomatic mission in July, which included meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, the agency recalls.

It is noted that Western allies called Orban's peace initiative an attempt to undermine Kiev's support. In protest, many EU countries, as well as the European Commission, have since reduced their presence at events organized by Hungary as part of its six-month presidency of the bloc, including the meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors, which begins on Friday in Budapest.