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This is the best summary I could come up with:
In a written statement to the Guardian on Thursday, Pavel, a former Nato general, said: “As it has been repeatedly shown, Putin does not meet European leaders with the aim of achieving peace in Ukraine.
“Hungary’s leader chooses to stand with a man whose forces are responsible for crimes against humanity in Ukraine, and alone among our allies,” he wrote on social media.
Orbán was in Beijing for an international forum on the Chinese president, Xi Jinping’s, belt and road infrastructure initiative.
A spokesperson for the Hungarian government, Zoltán Kovács, hit back at critics: “The stance of Hungary regarding Russia and the war in Ukraine has been clear from the get-go.
We always advocated for open and transparent dialogue with the parties involved to assist in finding a peaceful solution to this bloody conflict.
“I find a certain amusement in how these politicians flock to criticise the Hungarian government and our openly declared interest in maintaining a diplomatic relationship with Russia, while their moral superiority is a facade at best,” he added.
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