Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó responds after US Ambassador David Pressman’s grievance of Hungary’s place at the warfare in Ukraine.
“Political leaders in the government of Hungary often speak of promoting peace, but — from condemning sanctions to embracing Russian ‘cease-fire’ proposals — they continue to push policies endorsed by Putin,” US Ambassador David Pressman advised Politico previous this week. The article with the diplomat’s emailed commentary used to be printed on Wednesday. Last Friday, Pressman spent a operating lunch with Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó at a cafe in Budapest. They additionally mentioned the warfare in Ukraine and the Hungarian-US alliance throughout the framework of NATO.
This used to be their 2nd assembly beneath an identical instances, as a result of remaining September, in a while after Pressman’s arrival they met at a Japanese eating place in downtown Budapest. Since then, David Pressman met with maximum individuals of the Hungarian executive – however no longer Prime Minister Viktor Orbán – and has been actively assembly Hungarian opposition politicians too, he even traveled to Brussels to satisfy MEPs.
In this vital second in U.S.-Hungary family members, it used to be nice to satisfy with Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó as of late to proceed our dialogue in regards to the demanding situations our international locations must confront in combination & alternatives to support our partnership. pic.twitter.com/i55zjROBhO
— Ambassador David Pressman (@USAmbHungary) January 27, 2023
It is beside the point, completely beside the point, what he or some other ambassador thinks in regards to the inner political processes in Hungary, as it has not anything to do with him,”
Szijjártó reacted to Pressman’s newest grievance at a press convention held about any other matter. According to the minister, Pressman “has no business interfering in Hungary’s internal affairs, and if he wants to use his time in Hungary to criticize the actions of a government that was elected by a fairly clear majority of the Hungarian people and has the authority of the Hungarian people, he will have a very difficult time working effectively to improve cooperation between the two countries”.
“When we welcome ambassadors, we mean it literally: we welcome ambassadors. People who we believe are sent by the sending country to work on improving and developing the relationship between the two countries, on the basis of mutual respect,” Szijjártó went on.
We don’t welcome governors or magistrates, who I guess are despatched right here to let us know how you can reside in our personal international locations,”
he added, stressing that “this era is over”. “So, we ask for more respect for Hungarians, even from the ambassador,” Szijjártó concluded.
This used to be no longer the primary conflict between Pressman and Szijjártó. Last November, when Szijjártó used to be negotiating about nuclear power in Sochi, Pressman advised Politico: “I am concerned when I see missiles flying from Moscow to the playgrounds in Kiev – and I see Hungary’s foreign minister flying to Moscow to hold Facebook Live conferences from Gazprom headquarters”. Szijjártó stated: “I do not comment on the US Secretary of State’s travels either, and I would certainly expect the US Ambassador to refrain from commenting on Hungarian political issues in the same way”.
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