He said this during a speech in the country's parliament.

According to him, Budapest would welcome direct talks between Moscow and Washington. 

Szijjarto also said that the majority of states are in favor of the soonest establishment of peace in Ukraine and for holding negotiations, TASS reports.

Earlier, the Ministers of Defense of Hungary and Austria, Krishtof Salay-Bobrovnicki and Claudia Tanner, confirmed that they would not supply weapons to Kyiv.

Prior to this, the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Mao Ning, said that the United States is the biggest initiator of the Ukrainian crisis.