Orban 'has no reason to block EU membership': Zelensky

(ANSA-AFP) - OSLO, DEC 13 - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has "no reason" to block Kyiv from joining the European Union, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday on the eve of an EU summit. "I asked him to tell me one reason why.
    Not three, not five, not 10. Tell me one reason," Zelensky said of his talks with Orban. "I'm waiting for (an) answer," he told reporters in Oslo where he met with five Nordic leaders. EU leaders will be in Brussels from Thursday to discuss renewing their support for Ukraine, with a macroeconomic package of 50 billion euros ($54 billion) and a promise of formal membership talks on the table. Orban has threatened to veto both measures, which would condemn the summit to failure and leave Ukraine -- and its neighbour Moldova, also hoping for membership talks -- out in the cold almost two years after Russia launched an all-out invasion of Kyiv's territory. (ANSA-AFP).