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BRUSSELS, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Talks between European Union international locations aimed toward agreeing on extra assist for Ukraine later this week stay “troublesome”, a senior EU official mentioned on Tuesday, regardless of Hungary having signalled its readiness for a compromise.
EU leaders meet on Thursday to strive agree on extending 50 billion euros ($54 bln) in assist to Ukraine by means of 2027, in addition to replenishing a navy fund to arm Kyiv because it fights Russia’s nearly two-year-old full-scale invasion.
Hungary is among the many EU’s most Russia-friendly international locations. It has already as soon as blocked the help bundle and has additionally voiced opposition – together with EU paymaster Germany – to topping up the navy fund.
“We aren’t there but,” the EU official mentioned below situation of anonymity, referring to preparations for the Thursday summit in Brussels of the leaders of the bloc’s 27 member states.
Because the EU mounts strain on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to agree, the official mentioned Budapest’s situations for lifting its veto on the monetary help to Kyiv weren’t acceptable to the opposite EU international locations.
The official added that Hungary’s EU friends didn’t wish to comply with overview any help to Kyiv yearly as that may give Orban a veto every time. ($1 = 0.9225 euros) (Reporting by Jan Strupczewski and Gabriela Baczynska; enhancing by Mark Heinrich)
