“On Saturday afternoon, I convened a meeting of the Defence Council, because developments in Iran may have an indirect impact on Hungary’s security situation, with particular regard to our energy security,” Orbán said in the video.
“Hungarian soldiers are serving in the Middle East. They have not been affected by military strikes and they are safe,” he said.
“We must also take into account the rising risk of terrorist attacks across Europe…especially in countries with large migrant populations,” he said.
“Hungary is in a much better position, but even so, we are raising the counterterrorism alert level by one step.” Orbán said that due to the conflict, significant energy price increases were expected on global markets.
“In this situation, it is crucial that we break [Ukrainian] President Zelensky’s oil blockade against Hungary.”
Hungary will therefore keep in place the countermeasures introduced against Ukraine in the coming weeks, he added
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