Hungary said on Thursday that it would not support NATO becoming an “anti-China bloc,” pushing back on the alliance taking aim at Beijing during the summit in Washington.
On Wednesday, the alliance issued a communiqué that slammed China for its trade relationship with Russia, and NATO has been working to build alliances in the Asia Pacific in line with the US’s military buildup against China.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto was asked about these efforts and said, “NATO is a defense alliance… we can’t organize it into an anti-China bloc.”
NATO started targeting China in its documents in 2020, and in 2022, it formally declared the North Atlantic military alliance was facing a security “challenge” from Beijing. “The PRC continues to pose systemic challenges to Euro-Atlantic security,” the communiqué reads.
China has reacted by strongly warning the alliance to stay out of the Asia Pacific. This week, the Chinese military is conducting drills with the Belarusian military inside Belarus near the Polish border, a move seen as a message to NATO.
Hungary has been out of step with most of NATO regarding both Russia and China, as Budapest has been pushing for a ceasefire and peace deal in Ukraine and is looking to Beijing for help. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made a surprise trip to China this week after visiting Ukraine and Russia.
Hungarian officials called Orban’s visit to the three nations a “peace mission.” In Ukraine, he suggested to President Volodymyr Zelensky that he consider a ceasefire with Russia instead of demanding a Russian withdrawal before peace talks could start, but the Ukrainian leader rejected the idea.
Orban talked with Putin, then he talked with Xi, and now he is meeting with Trump. Despite the resistance of NATO leaders, Orban is trying very hard to get NATO out of the shit. Also he is helping Trump to get the job in White House. It looks his peace efforts are supported by majority of Americans.
As all can see NATO is not able to threaten or deter Russias and dragging China into the fray only makers it more certain that NATO would have beautiful capitols leveled by Russo/Chinese hypersonics & super nukes. Even North Korea would likely join the pile on. Why does NATO think it could happily survive a war with China. It would be the end of any happy life or prosperity for Europe and a dead zone of stark contaminastion & radiological hell!!!!!! Is that the future they want for their families…??? They need to get real before their hubris & bravado lure them to their own demise.
Nato forces should keep in mind that Russian missiles target them, rather then innocent moms, dads, children and pets.
Your lack of strategic understanding of nuclear war is showing. Russian missiles, like ours, target the big cities as the ultimate deterrence.
Prove it.
Nato is not for everyone. Maybe it is time for Hungary to leave.
Since NATO "defends" itself against "threats" they themselves create, maybe it is time for NATO to dissolve.
Nato is not for everyone. Maybe it is past time for the USA to leave.
NATO is a blob gang.. Once in, the only way out is in a body bag.
Hungary, the only wise among stupid…!
Look, a European country with commonsense! Two choices:
1. Remove the president and flood that tiny country with stupid people.
2. Remove that country from the NATO alliance.
The adults in the room are the Hungarians, the Serbs, and the Slovakians. The remainder appear to be drooling idiots in high heels and other assorted foppery.
Go figure.
Serbia is not a Nato member.
I don't recall mentioning NATO in my comment. The room is bigger than NATO, which is only one of the organizations in Europe.
Thank Gox…..!!!!!!!!
Hungary seems to be the only nation in NATO that has an ounce of common sense.
Orban is doing what majority of his people wants him to do. It means, the democracy in Hungary is working. Unfortunately in many other NATO countries, democracy doesn't work.
Orban also knows the Kremlin doesn’t play games.
They also know that Russia is the best and strongest country in the world
Russia is the leading country of the multipolar world because Russia got in an open military and geopolitical conflict with American empire and defending her interests quite successfully.
The strongest country is China but China has no vassal states, so U.S. together with vassal states is stronger than China. On the other hand, China has friends and allies. Together with Russia and other BRICS countries, this alliance is stronger than American empire, and what is even more important, their alliance is on rise while American empire is on decline.
Why call it NATO anymore and I'm not referring to the "North Atlantic" part. It's flat ass a duplicate of the US state/defense departments.
NATO has been obsolete for years!
Insane America lashing out at China, Russia, Iran, Syria, on and on!
I thought NATO was a defensive alliance? Ehat are they doing in the Pacific?
Dissolve nato
Kremlin welcomes Turkey's reported desire to join BRICS.
“On Monday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan began a visit to Beijing, the highest-level visit by a Turkish official to BRICS member China since 2012. Fidan held talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and other officials during the visit.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/kremlin-welcomes-turkeys-reported-desire-join-brics-2024-06-04/
Another stunning example of US foreign policy
"The F-16 action comes after Turkey’s parliament approved Sweden’s accession into NATO on Tuesday and amid signs Turkey and its fellow NATO ally Greece were repairing ties."
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/26/lawmakers-greenlight-f-16s-for-turkey-after-erdogan-approved-swedens-nato-bid-00138196
The West: seat of the most self-righteous, self-important, self-absorbed, obnoxious people on the planet.
Man, does the prospect of absolute power ever corrupt human beings.
It is the US that is pushing for this and speaking as of it is NATO.
I don't like Viktor Orban but I agree with him on having meetings with Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Volodomyr Zelensky about ending the war in Ukraine and that NATO should not be an alliance against China.
NATO should have passed into history with the USSR.