The Polish and Czech defence ministers will shun a regional meeting Wednesday in Budapest of the Visegrad Group because of Hungary’s ties with the Kremlin, officials said.
Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak “will not go” to Budapest, his press office said.
Czech Defence Minister Jana Cernochova said last week that she would not be going.
“They have elections next week and it is not right that I should take part in the campaign,” she said.
“I have always supported V4 and I’m very sorry that Hungarian politicians now find cheap Russian oil more important than Ukrainian blood,” she said.
The Visegrap Group brings together the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.
