Hungary, a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (
NATO), issued a stark warning on Friday about a new world war with Russia if a country within the military alliance gets directly involved with Ukraine's fight against Moscow.
Russian President
Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. For over two years, Ukraine has been at war fighting to protect its borders from Russian aggression with help mainly from its European allies and the United States.
However, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pter Szijjrt warned against increased involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war at an event organized by the ruling Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Alliance party.
"If at least one more European country is involved in this war, it will create a threat of a world war because this
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Article 5 of NATO's founding document states that "an armed attack against one or more" of its member nations "shall be considered an attack against them all."
Newsweek reached out to Ukraine's ministry of foreign affairs via email as well as the Russian government and NATO via online form for comment.
The foreign minister's comments come after NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg recently proposed a 100 billion euro, or $107 billion, five-year package of military aid to Ukraine.
Szijjrt called the proposal "madness" and said Hungary will attempt to distance itself from the plan.
"We Hungarians do not want to participate in joint NATO operations to transport weapons and train Ukrainian soldiers," the foreign minister said during a Hungarian TV broadcast, Tass reported on Thursday. "In the coming weeks, during the negotiations, we will fight for Hungary's right to stay away from this madness, from collecting these 100 billion dollars and pumping them out of Europe."
NATO Ally Issues Stark Warning of New World War With Russia (msn.com) 
