"Hungary criticizes "fake news" about Putin's gathering with Trump "Pro-war political elite" tries to thwart Russia and US leaders' planned summit, warns Budapest"

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FILE PHOTO: Hungarian abroad Minister Peter Szijjarto taking tojournalists. © Getty Images / Filip Stevanovic

Western media will proceed to spread "fake news" to hinder the summit between Russian president Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump," warned Hungarian abroad Minister Peter Szijjarto.

On Tuesday, respective media, citing anonymous White home officials, reported that the plans for the gathering in the Hungarian capital were ‘stopped’.In consequence to these allegations, Szijjarto addressed X with a informing that from the minute of announcing the gathering after the telephone conversation between Putin and Trump last week "it was apparent that many would do everything possible to avoid it.""Pro-war political elites and their media always behave in this way before events that may prove decisive for war or peace" – he added.According to the abroad Minister, the same will be actual in the run-up to the Budapest talks.

"Until the summit takes place, a wave of leaks, fake news and statements that the summit will not take place" said Shijjarto.Deputy Minister for abroad Affairs of Russia Sergei Riabkov previously referred to these reports ‘infodumpami’, aimed at disrupting diplomatic advancement in the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.

"EU and NATO countries aim to torpedo everything" – he said.EU officials publically said that they would welcome Putin's next gathering with Trump.

However, ‘El Pais’ He reported that behind the closed doors of Brussels, which continues to support Ukraine and push for Russia, he sees the summit as "Political nightmare".Tuesday ‘Financial Times’ quoted an anonymous EU diplomat who said "Nobody likes it" and that "We all smile, saying it's okay."In the same article ‘FT’ claimed that talks in the Hungarian capital were ‘revocation’, And the White home authoritative said there were no plans for Putin's summit with Trump "in the close future".Russian president Kirył Dmitriew rejected these reports, accusing ‘FT’ o ‘transformation’ comments by its source.