Szijjártó dismissed the accusations in a post on X, labeling it as “fake news.”
Szijjártó was replying to a post by Poland’s Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Radosław Sikorski, which referenced the Washington Post claim. “This would explain a lot, Peter. @FM_Szijjarto,” Sikorski wrote.
“Fake news as always,” Szijjártó responded to Sikorski. “You are telling lies to support Tisza Party for a pro-war puppet government in Hungary. You will not have it!”
The Post’s article also mentioned that Russia’s foreign intelligence service (SVR) had suggested an assassination attempt against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to boost declining public support before the upcoming parliamentary election. It cited “an internal report for the SVR obtained and confirmed by a European intelligence service and reviewed by The Washington Post.”
Orbán will compete in the polls with conservative opposition leader Péter Magyar from the Tisza Party, who has emerged as a notable contender.
Szijjártó further defended against the allegations in a Facebook post.
Hungarians can “see clearly that this fake news, these lies that are part of Ukrainian propaganda, are designed solely to support the Tisza Party in the Hungarian election and to influence the outcome of the elections,” Szijjártó said on Facebook.
Magyar commented on the controversy during his campaign. “The fact that the Hungarian foreign minister, a close friend of Sergei Lavrov, reports to the Russians almost every minute about every EU meeting is pure treason,” Magyar said in Nyúl, as reported by Hungarian outlet Telex. “This man has betrayed not only his country but Europe.”
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