The Visegrad Four Defense Ministers will not meet in Budapest, as Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic have refused to participate because of Budapest’s lack of support for sanctions against Moscow.
Source: Slovak Ministry of Defense
The meeting, organized by Hungary was set to take place on 30-31 March.
Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak cancelled his participation in the meeting over Hungary’s rhetoric over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Czech Defense Minister Jana Chernohova also cancelled her participation on 25 March, when EU leaders met to discuss the situation in Ukraine last week in Brussels.
“I have always supported the V4 and I am very sorry that cheap Russian oil is now more important to Hungarian politicians than Ukrainian blood,” Chernohova wrote on her Twitter.
She also noted that elections would be held in Hungary on 3 April and that she did not want to “participate in the election campaign”.
