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Some people believe that Russia
has given up its political role
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in the Central European region.
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We want Ukraine to be an
independent and free country.
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We wish that Russia
become a democratic,
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parliamentary country
and let me not list the other countries
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There are Russian generals,
who consider the old dessant
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divisions to be very important
to remain modern and retain the
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characteristics of the army
and who have consciously
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withdrawn nuclear war technology
in Russia for several years
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with Westerners being happy about it
because this way the nuclear force is not
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scattered into more uncertain hands
- they did not support Gorbachev for
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no reason even when it was clear
that he had weakened in power.
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Nonetheless one should remember that a
country, Tsarian Russia, has always
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been a great power in Europe.
This Russia had always had Königsberg
as a potential target for reach
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- such was the case in the XVIIIth century
and during the time of Hindenburg
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it was called Kaliningrad.
And we should all think about
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what the Dardanellas and getting
out of the Mediterranean mean
(for the Russians).
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Many of you probably didn't know
and didn't read about how Afghanistan
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had been a target in their heads
long before they went there.
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Then it must be clear that
the seventy-four years of Bolshevism
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was only an episode in this, which,
however, carried the same goals.
Gromiko, if you have some free time,
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I've always read Russian Foreign
Minister Szasanov's documents in
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the State Department's archives.
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The big goals, they were done.
We hope that now it is accompanied
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by democratic goals and that
the reform has succeeded.
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But in Russian thought,
Brest-Litovsk as a temporary
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surrender is included.
And when Lenin comes to power in '17,
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what did he end up doing?
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Well, Tsar Russia
considered Serbia an ally.
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She supported the birth of
Czechia as a nation.
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Panslavism was a frequent topic of correspondence
between the greats of the XIXth century.
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The entire Central and Eastern
European region was the same way,
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it was what was later called
the Warsaw Pact, the Comecon.
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And I have a book
from Gyula Kornis' library,
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where it says'we gain with
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Lenin?’ and Kornis wrote next to this;
we gained twenty-five years.
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Because if Tsarist Russia
had survived and the Entente Powers won in
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that form in World War I,
Tsarist Russian rule would have
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been born in the Danube Basin.
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Therefore,
in a historical perspective,
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and I am not saying this here alone
- I have said this
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even in more critical places
from NATO to the Common Market -
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but in this region it
is necessary to think that
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these areas should be supported
economically and politically
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and that American presence is needed.
I said it in Moscow
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in June 1990 at the last
meeting of the Warsaw Treaty.
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NATO needs all regional
organisations and our security,
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because if there is power,
adventurers do not appear
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and the thoughts remain
far from adventurers.
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Because we need to know that
today we have the smallest army.
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And we need to know that we
can only build on security
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policy and foreign policy.
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Foreign policy is not my hobby
- or maybe it is.
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But I do it not because it is a hobby,
but because the foreign policy that
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our government represents and on
which we put so much weight
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guarantees the security of this country
and it is not a luxurynor is it
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a neglect of internal politics,
economic and social policy.
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Because with this foreign and security
policy, we can be a stable oasis
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where capital flows
and this is what creates the
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work opportunities, and that is why
Hungarian independence remains.
