一名北约高级官员星期二说，匈牙利总理维克托誓言在即将举行的北约峰会上阻止乌克兰加入北约的公函丝毫不影响乌克兰对北约的立场。
乌克兰媒体Europeiska Pravda星期一报道说，匈牙利外交部向北约秘书长斯托尔滕伯格发出公函，称维克托总理在会见了乌克兰和格鲁吉亚的领导人后计划对任何建议北约接纳乌克兰的文件投反对票。
报道说，匈牙利公函发出几天前，乌克兰和匈牙利的部长级官员基本解决了有关乌克兰一项教育法的争议。这项法律不符合欧洲理事会顾问团威尼斯委员会的规定。
匈牙利官员说，如果乌克兰能遵守威尼斯委员会的规定，匈牙利将不再阻止乌克兰加入北约。匈牙利1999年成为北约成员，可以否决新成员加入北约的申请。
北约和匈牙利的官员都没有说为什么匈牙利在乌克兰加入北约的问题上改变了立场，也都没有透露匈牙利公函的细节。
北约官员星期二证实收到了匈牙利的公函，但是请所有人向匈牙利询问有关公函的细节。
A top NATO official on Tuesday said a letter from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán vowing to block any moves toward Ukraine’s accession at an upcoming summit will have no impact on Kyiv’s standing with the alliance.
On Monday, Ukrainian news outlet Europeiska Pravda reported that the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a missive to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stating, “Orban is planning to vote against any document that will be proposed for adoption by the members of the Alliance after the meeting with the Ukrainian and Georgian leaders.”
According to the Pravda report, the letter was sent just days after a Ukrainian-Hungarian ministerial where officials from both countries had largely resolved a dispute over a Ukrainian law on education that stood in violation of the Venice Commission, a legal advisory body to the Council of Europe.
If Ukraine agreed to come into compliance with the law, Hungarian officials said, they would unblock Ukraine’s efforts to join NATO. As NATO member since 1999, Hungary’s permanent delegation can veto accession efforts by aspiring NATO member countries, such as Ukraine.
Neither NATO nor Hungarian officials have commented on why Budapest suddenly reversed its decision on NATO-Ukrainian ties, nor has either party agreed to divulge the contents of the letter.
NATO officials on Tuesday confirmed possession of the letter, but directed queries about its contents to Budapest.