Dear comrades, dear friends,

On behalf of the Hungarian Workers’ Party, I would like to thank you for the invitation. 

Today’s conference is of immense importance. Political parties and organisations from different continents can discuss what the actual war in Ukraine means for the people of Europe and Asia. 

Dear friends,

I would like to start with the basic position of our party.

This is the USA’s war against Russia. This is the USA’s war against the People’s Republic of China. This is the war of neoliberalism for world domination.

First, we witness a strategic struggle between Russia and the USA.

The USA and the NATO have been preparing for war against Russia for years. Significant military forces were deployed in Eastern European countries. The NATO armed Ukraine. It supported the nationalist, fascist policies of the Ukrainian leadership.

The West provoked the war. The facts prove that Ukraine has already completed preparations for an attack on Russia. With the military operations, Russia prevented the Ukrainian aggression.

Second, the main target of the war is China. Trump wanted an agreement with China, but on terms dictated by him. China said no to this. Biden considers China the greatest enemy and aims for total war.
If Russia weakens, China loses an important ally and then it will be easier to contain the Chinese economic expansion, to destroy the Chinese dream, to obstruct the construction the socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Third, the USA expends the struggle of neoliberalism for world domination to a global conflict.

It is obvious that the strength of the USA is declining. If the majority of the international community keeps peace and development as the mainstream, the world would come to multipolarity. However, if the world enters a new Cold War with endless conflicts and tensions, the life of US hegemony will be extended,

Dear friends,

I am coming from a Central European country, Hungary. We are concerned by the consequences of the war on the other side of our border. 

First, Hungary can be involved in a war against Russia. We remember what it means. Hungary participated in two world wars on the side that fought against Russia.  We lost two-thirds of the territory of Hungary of 1914 and half of its population. We do not want to lose the rest.

Second, the policy of sanction of the European Union means economic and political suicide. The EU is already not its own master. The EU is just floating on the waves raised by the Americans. It does not dare to go to war, it could not really do that anyway, so it pursues an economic war but, in the process, shoots itself in the foot too. It is not difficult to foresee the consequences: dramatic inflation, mass unemployment, mass poverty.

Third, the war deepens the crisis of the European Union. We think that the EU cannot be reformed. It is an illusion. We need a new type of integration based on the democratic and mutually advantageous cooperation of European people. We are realists: we know great social changes should take place in order to realize this aim. 

Comrades,

We support an agreement between the EU and Russia. There are possibilities for that. The Russians never wanted to conquer Europe. Well, over the past three centuries, the Russians have taken Berlin three times, but just to ensure that Europe respects Russia and does not endanger its security.

But America does not want this historic agreement between the EU and Russia to happen. The US supports those who are ready to put the liberal capital’s interests above the interests of European nations. The US supports those who accept America’s domination and are capable of forcing it upon their own people.

The war means enormous profits for the West. They get rid of their old weapons and the military industry gets new orders. The reconstruction after the war will bring huge profits to the American and Western European capital.

Dear friends,

The war in Ukraine  has huge ramifications for the future of Asia, too.

First, the most obvious short-term impact is on the economy. 

Oil, wheat, and corn prices have skyrocketed. Many Southeast Asian countries dependent on these imports, such as Thailand, Vietnam, and Singapore have seen shortages. Rising commodity prices threaten to hinder Southeast Asian countries’ recovery from the pandemic, leading to an increased risk of political and economic instability.

Second, politically, the war has already resulted in rising political and military tension in Asia. 

The US used the war in Ukraine to prepare a new war to stop the rise of political and economic influence of China. 

The US considers the socialism with Chinese characteristics as a social and civilisational challenge to the US and Western world generally and they want to cancel this challenge.

The US wants to integrate the Asian countries in the existing military blocks and create new ones.

As you know Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu recently declared: “We cannot yet call NATO a partner, but there are increasing talks between Taiwan and NATO. We see potential for more cooperation.” 

Japan and South Korea are worried about China and about their territorial sovereignty, and they support the United States  in condemning Russia. 

Vietnam, India refrained from condemning Russia at the United Nations, and they will not support the US war against Russia.

Recently the US and South Korea committed to maintaining “fight tonight” readiness and close cooperation in the face of the so-called provocative actions by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Both sides agreed to enhance trilateral cooperation with Japan and broader cooperation in the region between the U.S. and ROK governments. 

Imperialist forces can use the epidemy in the DPRK to make pressure on the DPRK and to undermine the stability on the Korean peninsula.

The war in Ukraine is currently confined geographically to Europe. Even if it does not spill over onto Asia, it is crucial to understand that the longer it persists without resolution, the greater the chance that this war will have serious consequences for Asia.

Dear comrades,

The question is: what we can do?

First, we need a new level of political interaction, including conferences, discussion, and common actions. This war concerns people from Paris till Seoul. We support such a cooperation with full heart.

Second, we should coordinate our actions on the internet. Unfortunately, we cannot counterbalance the West media but we we should work together in explaining our public opinion the reality and the truth about the war. We need to start it not tomorrow but today!

Third, we support the Global Security Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2022 in Boao. 

Thank you for your attention.