Turkey is instrumental is stopping the “wave of millions of migrants” on their way towards Hungary and Europe, although the Hungarian opposition cannot or will not understand that, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public Kossuth Radio.

Any attempt to remove Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan’s from office would be in the interest of “pro-migration forces”, Orbán said in an interview after Erdoǧan’s visit to Budapest on Thursday. By undermining Turkey’s “strength, balance, security, reliability and order”, pro-migration forces aim to “realise their dream” of having millions of migrants flood Europe, he said, adding that US financier George Soros had outlined such a goal “in his infamous plan”, arguing that Europe needed the influx of one million migrants a year.
As long as Erdoǧan is in office and Europe succeeds in striking a deal with him, he will “open the gates to Syria rather than Europe”, Orbán said. “Until then, we are safe.”
Hungary is providing substantial financial and military aid to Kurds living in Iraq, Orbán noted.
Regarding recent visits of President Vladimir Putin and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to Budapest, Orbán said Hungary fell within a geographical area defined by Istanbul, Moscow and Berlin. Hungary’s interest is that those countries in turn have an interest in Hungary’s success, he said.