Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Peter Sijarto arrived in Minsk for a visit.
The minister announced this on his Facebook page.
According to him, Hungary expects that all members of the international community will start acting in the interests of the world as soon as possible and avoid any steps that could lead to the continuation or escalation of the war.
"This is a peaceful position that I will take at the negotiations in Minsk today," Sijarto said.
At the same time, he expects criticism of his visit to Belarus - this is the first visit of a European official of this level to Minsk in a very long period.
"Obviously, many will attack the visit, but our position is clear: the channels of communication must be open. If we had not done this, I would not have been able to bring you a call for peace today," Sijarto said.
It should be noted that the visit, in particular, is highly likely to provoke criticism of Poland, which has long been considered by the Hungarian government as one of its biggest allies.
However, due to different views on the Russian Federation's war against Ukraine, there is a cooling of relations between Warsaw and Budapest. Last March, Poland's ruling Law and Justice party froze most contacts with Hungary's ruling party.
Also, in March, Hungary's pro-Russian course led to the cancellation of meetings in the Visegrad Four format, which, however, were later resumed.
