Congressman Mike Walza Florida Republican who is a candidate for President Donald Trump. National Security Advisorsaid on Sunday that the president-elect has good relations with the Hungarian prime minister. viktor orbanHe said he was also “regularly engaged” with Russia during its war with Ukraine.
“Mr. Orban engages with Russia on a regular basis and clearly has a good relationship with President Trump,” Walz said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” “I hope that the whole world wants to somehow stop the genocide that is happening in eastern Ukraine.”
Mr. Orban, an authoritarian leader with ties to Russia, met with Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago last week, along with Mr. Walz and Elon Musk. A few days after the meeting, President Orbán announced that he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin and said he was “taking all possible diplomatic steps to support ceasefire and peace negotiations.” He then appeared to propose a Christmas cease-fire and a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine.
Walz did not say whether Orbán’s message to Putin stemmed from his meeting with Trump. But he said, “We’re going to continue the dialogue,” and “President Trump has made it clear that he wants to stop this war.”
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“The fighting needs to stop,” Walz said. “If it’s some kind of ceasefire as a first step, we’re going to take a hard look at what that means.”
President Trump has repeatedly promised to end the war between Russia and Ukraine as soon as he returns to the White House, insisting that he would never have invaded Russia if Putin were president. Walz said that since Trump won the election, discussions with world leaders about the war between Russia and Ukraine have shifted to how to end the conflict.
“How can we end this conflict? How can we restore stability, stop the carnage, and hopefully make this a permanent end and not just a moratorium?” Walz said. . “Those are all things we’re considering.”
The meeting with Orban came after President Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Paris on December 7. called for an immediate ceasefire and the beginning of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
Following the president’s statement, President Zelenskiy said the war “cannot be ended simply with a piece of paper and the signatures of a few people.” He also said that he had had a “good meeting” with President Trump, but warned that “a ceasefire with no guarantees could be resumed at any time.”
The Biden administration announced last week that it would send another $500 million worth of weapons to Ukraine, according to Reuters. Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oksana MarkarovaAppearing on “Face the Nation” on Sunday, the prime minister said his country’s ability to fight Russian forces “remains a matter of artillery and weapons and air defense, and most importantly, if we had more… The more we have, the sooner we can do it.” You will be able to defend more efficiently. ”
But Markarova said: “We are not asking for another army. Ukrainians are still capable of defending their country. We are asking for military support.”
