Trump's team comments on Orbán's idea of a Christmas truce in Ukraine

Mike Waltz, Donald Trump’s nominee for National Security Adviser, has said that the world would welcome "some form of cessation" of hostilities in Ukraine, referring to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s proposal for a "Christmas truce".

Source: Waltz on CBS News, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Commenting on Trump’s recent meeting with Orbán in the US and the Hungarian prime minister’s truce idea, Waltz said he hoped that "the entire world would want to see some type of cessation to the slaughter that is happening in eastern Ukraine".

Quote: "We need to stop the fighting. And, you know, look, if that is some type of ceasefire as a first step, again, we'll take a hard look at what that means." 

Waltz declined to give any details about the Trump administration's future policies on Ukraine.

Quote: "Well, you know, what's been so interesting is, just since the election, everyone coming to us, our European allies, President Zelenskyy in that meeting, and others, have shifted to how to – that framework… How do we end this conflict?" 

Background:

• On 11 December, Orbán claimed that Hungary had proposed a Christmas ceasefire and a large-scale prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia, but President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had allegedly rejected the idea.
• Later, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó effectively confirmed that this was untrue, as Orbán had not spoken with Zelenskyy and thus could not have known whether the Ukrainian president had rejected the proposal.
• Trump’s team is known to be working on a plan to halt the fighting in Ukraine and is discussing this with the current US administration and Ukrainian representatives. 

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