Zelenskyy's speech not shown on official broadcast of Budapest summit

The official online broadcast of the European Political Community summit in Budapest on Thursday, 7 November, did not show the speech of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Source: Radio Liberty, as reported by European Pravda Details: The official programme included Zelenskyy speaking second after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb?n and before French President Emmanuel Macron.

Orb?n's and Macron's speeches were broadcast and posted separately online, while the organisers did not broadcast or publish the Ukrainian president's speech, Radio Liberty says.

A Hungarian representative of the event organisers told reporters that Zelenskyy's speech was allegedly "not public", but the video was passed on to his team. Instead, representatives of the Ukrainian authorities contacted by Radio Liberty called this statement false.

"The president's speeches are always public if the format of the event provides for it. We have not made any requests not to broadcast or publish the speech," the commentary reads.

Background:

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy personally participated in the European Political Community Summit in Budapest.

  This is his first visit to Hungary since 2022, where the government has taken an ambiguous position on Russian aggression against Ukraine.

• In his speech at the summit, Zelenskyy said that the idea of any concessions to Russia is unacceptable for Ukraine, and he considers it suicide for the whole of Europe.

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