Hungary PM backs China's peace proposal on settling Ukraine crisis

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has voiced his support for China's 12-point proposal for a political settlement in the Russia-Ukraine crisis issued on Friday, the one-year anniversary of the conflict.

In his opening speech at Parliament's spring session on Monday, Orban said "we need a cease-fire and the start of peace talks".

"I see that most states support peace, and Hungary cannot isolate itself from most of the world.… We consider China's peace plan important, and we support it," he told lawmakers.