MOSCOW, April 13. /TASS/. In an interview with Vesti journalist Pavel Zarubin, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov refrained from dwelling on the topic whether Hungary will remain an "island of rationality" in the European Union now that the opposition has come to power in that country.
In a commentary to Life journalist Alexander Yunashev, he noted that the Russian side doesn’t plan to congratulate the leader of Hungary’s opposition party Tisza, Peter Magyar, on his party’s victory at the parliamentary elections because of official Budapest’s aupport for the anti-Russian sanctions.
TASS has summed up key statement by the Kremlin spokesman.
Russia will monitor the general policy of Hungary’s new leadership: "We are open to dialogue [with Hungary]. We are open to building good, mutually beneficial relations. We will continue to monitor the new leadership's general policy. It is difficult to say at this point whether it will remain pragmatic or become politicized."
"We don't know what the Hungarian voice will be like. Obviously, the new leadership will be somehow defending Hungary's interests. Well, if they will defend Hungary's interests, there will be some kind of logic. A logic that takes into account the current realities and so on. So, let's wait and see, let's not get ahead of ourselves."
