The informal meeting of foreign ministers scheduled to take place in Budapest at the end of August will instead be held in Brussels.
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00:00Hungary's President Viktor Orban has made EU countries angry after he so-called peace
00:07mission visits to Russia's Putin and China's Xi Jinping.
00:11For example, the traditional EU foreign affairs ministers' meeting known as Jimnich should
00:17happen in the country hosting the rotating presidency, such as Hungary.
00:21But many ministers have refused to go in a show of protest.
00:26Therefore, it will be held in Brussels.
00:30We have to send a signal, even if it is a symbolic signal, that being against the foreign
00:37policy of the European Union and disqualifying the policy of the European Union as the party
00:45of war has to have some consequences, well, formal consequences, symbolic consequences.
00:53This is not the first move done by the EU.
00:56A few days ago, the European Commission announced that the European commissioners will not be
01:01making their traditional visits to the hosting country.