Orban: Hungary will not support negotiations with Ukraine to join EU

Orban: Hungary will not support negotiations with Ukraine to join EU
Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban has said his country will not support Ukraine’s bid to join the EU (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Hungary’s prime minister said on Friday that he does not support moving forward on negotiations on Ukraine’s future membership in the European Union, signalling again that his country could pose a major roadblock to Kyiv’s ambitions to join the bloc.

EU leaders are to decide in mid-December whether Ukraine should be formally invited to begin talks to join the 27-member union, with Hungary seen as a potential obstacle.

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