Orban opposed a pan-European loan for Ukraine.

Hungary is ready to provide assistance to Kyiv on the basis of bilateral agreements, but against a pan-European loan, because it does not put Ukraine’s interests above its own, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.

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“Hungary does not agree that EU member states should jointly provide loans to help Ukraine,”  Orban said at the conference.

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The Hungarian prime minister suggested that the EU countries “proportionately and fairly” distribute among themselves the total amount that is planned to be allocated to Ukraine.

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“Hungary will annually allocate from the national budget an amount of 60-70 billion forints as part of a bilateral agreement concluded with Ukraine,” Orban said, noting that Budapest supports Kyiv, but “does not want to put Ukraine’s interests above its own.”

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The European Commission has previously proposed a plan for economic assistance to Ukraine in the amount of up to 18 billion euros. On the same day, Hungary said at a meeting of EU ambassadors that it could not support the aid package.