US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Hungary on Monday that Russia was seeking to divide the West, while his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto slammed criticism of Budapest’s ties with Moscow as “enormous hypocrisy.”

“We must not let Putin drive wedges between friends in NATO,” Pompeo told a news conference with Szijjarto.

But the Hungarian foreign minister said Western criticism of Hungary’s diplomacy was misguided as other European nations were engaged in energy deals with Russia.

Source: AFP