(12 Jun 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Budapest, Hungary – 12 June 2024
1. Pan of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arriving at their joint news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Viktor Orban, Hungarian Prime Minister:
"An important topic of our discussion was the Russian-Ukrainian war. It is well known that Hungary’s position differs from the majority of NATO member states. To the question of how to move from this war situation to peace in the shortest possible way, Hungary gives different answers than the others. Hungary acknowledges that the weight and number of the different opinions are significant.”
3. Tilt up from journalist to Stoltenberg and Orban
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General:
"Prime Minister Orban has made it clear that Hungary will not participate in these NATO efforts, and I accept this position. And I’m glad that today the prime minister and I have agreed to modalities for Hungary’s nonparticipation in NATO support for Ukraine. No Hungarian personnel would take part in these activities, and no Hungarian funds would be used to support them. At the same time, the prime minister has assured me that Hungary will not oppose these efforts, enabling other allies to move forward.”
5. Tilt down to the news conference
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General:
"It’s not a NATO obligation to participate in all NATO missions and operations or activities, as long as all NATO allies adhere to the core obligations in the Washington Treaty, our collective defense, our security guarantees.”
7. Tilt up from photographers to Stoltenberg and Orban
8. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Viktor Orban, Hungarian Prime Minister:
"Today we have received guarantees that in the case of the Ukraine-Russia war, we will not have to take part in any military action outside the territory of Hungary and that Hungary will not give money to this common burden, nor will it send men to this war, nor will Hungary’s territory be used for the purpose of joining this war. We have been granted everything that we have found necessary.”
9. Wide of Stoltenberg and Orban
10. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Viktor Orban, Hungarian Prime Minister:
"We have been able to articulate the Hungarian position and to conclude a fair agreement with the secretary-general.”
11. Mid of photographers
12. Pan of Stoltenberg and Orban shaking hands and leaving
STORYLINE:
Hungary has agreed not to block NATO from giving support to Ukraine but it will not provide any personnel or funds to help the war-ravaged country, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday.
At a summit in Washington next month, US President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts are expected to agree on a new system for providing more predictable and long-term security assistance and military training to Ukraine’s beleagured armed forces.
“Hungary will not participate in these NATO efforts and I accept this position,” Stoltenberg told reporters in Budapest, after talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Stoltenberg said that he and Orbán had “agreed modalities for Hungary’s non-participation in NATO’s support for Ukraine.” NATO’s top civilian official did not elaborate on how that would work.
“No Hungarian personnel will take part in these activities and no Hungarian funds will be used to support them,” Stoltenberg said.
“At the same time, the prime minister has assured me that Hungary will not oppose these efforts, enabling other allies to move forward,” Stoltenberg added.
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