Ukraine War
Dail Éireann — 2024-01-25
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

I am not in disagreement with what the Deputy said. In addition, the aid package under the EPF has been held up because of Hungarian objection, which I think is serious in terms of the signal it sends because it strengthens Russia. Hungary has dependencies on Russia. One can draw conclusions from those dependencies. Are those dependencies influencing its position? It will vigorously deny that but nonetheless one has to consider that scenario because of its dependencies. I also take issue with the approach Hungary has adopted on Ukraine more generally. Russia violently violated the UN Charter. It is an existential threat for countries that neighbour Russia. We are geographically some distance away, but that is not the case for Lithuania and Latvia. I spoke to their foreign ministers on Monday. Their populations feel this sense much more now than at the beginning of the war.

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