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The European Union will hold its next meeting of foreign and defense ministers in Brussels, instead of Budapest, as a "symbolic" blow to Hungary for its self-styled diplomacy on Ukraine, the bloc's top diplomat said. , Josep Borrell.
The change of location for the August 28-30 meeting represents a blow to the reputation of Hungary, which weeks ago took over the presidency of the European Union.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban angered almost all of his EU partners after visiting Moscow to discuss a possible way to end Russia's war on Ukraine.
Orban - who is Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest ally in the EU - has accused the EU of having a "pro-war policy" while continuing to provide military and financial support to Kiev.
He has repeatedly put obstacles in the way of Brussels' efforts to punish the Kremlin and help Ukraine in its fight against Russian occupation forces.
"I can say that all member states - with the exception of one - are concerned about this behavior," Borrell said after chairing a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels.
"It is Putin who is a party to the war. The only one who provokes is Putin, he is the one who demands the division of Ukraine and sets preconditions for any talks and for any ceasefire", he said.
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