Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a video speech at the Austrian Parliament on March 30. All members of the pro-Russian far-right Austrian Freedom Party left the venue to protest that the speech violated Austria's neutral position.

(European News Agency)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] The war between Russia and Ukraine continued. On March 30, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a speech to the lower house of the Austrian Parliament via video conference. Unexpectedly, the country’s pro-Russian far-right Austrian Freedom Party ( Members of the Freedom Party left in protest of the speech's violation of Austria's neutrality.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, Zelensky's speech focused on thanking Austria for its humanitarian assistance and assistance in landmine clearance, and invited the country's members of Congress to go to Ukraine in person.

Wolfgang Sobotka, speaker of the lower house of the Austrian parliament, said Austria would provide more funds and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

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However, when Zelensky started his speech, all 30 members of the Austrian Freedom Party (Freedom Party) who had previously sat in the parliamentary seat left and walked out of the parliamentary hall, leaving behind a notice board with the party emblem, which read "neutral seats" or "Seat of Peace".

The Austrian Freedom Party said a few days ago that it would take some form of protest against Zelensky's speech in parliament. The party leader Herbert Kickl issued a statement on the 28th: ​​"It is regrettable that , the Austrian Freedom Party is the only party in the Reichstag that takes our permanent neutral position seriously, that is, the only party that stands up for peace."

Austria has been a "permanent neutral country" since 1955, and the country's constitution also stipulates that "Austria will never join any military alliance, nor will it allow the establishment of military bases on foreign soil."