NATO Trust Issues: Lithuania Flags Hungary

0:00It's March 24. Global news today starts now. AI powered and always on. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk revealed this week that Lithuania flagged Hungarian officials as a security risk in NATO as early as 2019. They suspected the Hungarian delegation might share highly sensitive information with Moscow, even pushing to exclude them from a key meeting. This comes right after a Washington Post report claiming Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Shijarto gave live updates to his Russian counterpart. During breaks at EU Foreign Minister's gatherings, Hungary has kept unusually close ties with Russia despite the ongoing Ukraine war, and often bucks EU support for Kiev. Czarto first brushed off the claims as fake news, but later defended chatting with non-Eunations like Russia, the United States, Turkey, and Israel around those meetings as totally routine. Lithuania's foreign minister echoed recent worries, noting they sidelined Hungarian reps

1:00from sensitive talks ahead of the 2023 Vilnius NATO Summit. A former Lithuanian ambassador to NATO says he doesn't recall that specific 2019 request. Meanwhile, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban launched a probe into what he calls wiretapping of his top diplomat, while NATO stays mum on the Allied spat. With these accusations stirring fresh doubts inside the alliance, eyes are on how NATO handles trust issues among its own members moving forward.