Orbán calls for a stop to ‘attacks by Brussels and Soros network’

The prime minister said Georgia was ready for EU membership and should be allowed to join as soon as possible.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Salva Papuasvili, the Georgian parliament’s speaker, in Budapest on Monday, and they discussed political cooperation as well as economic and energy ties.

PM Orbán called for a stop to “the attacks by Brussels and the Soros network against the pro-peace Georgian government”, Bertalan Havasi said in the statement. The prime minister also said the EU financing of opponents of the Tbilisi government must be halted.

Georgia, he added, was ready for EU membership and should be allowed to join as soon as possible.

The officials agreed that Hungary-Georgia ties “are based on shared values”, including their “common cultural and Christian heritage and a commitment to peace”.

Economic cooperation should better reflect the level of political relations, the prime minister said, adding that bilateral investment and business relations and trade should be expanded in the future, the statement said.