Peter Szijjarto says that Hungary will support the Hungarians in Romania anyone who will be a negotiation partner

The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter Szijjarto, spoke about relations with Romania, on Monday, and said that the Budapest government “always pursues the best possible cooperation with a country in which a huge Hungarian ethnic community lives, because the last years have shown for everyone that when Hungary and a good country, it is best for Hungary MTI, according to Agerpres.

“So it is natural that when in a neighboring country there are presidential elections, we will respect them,” the Hungarian official added on Monday, in a press conference, commenting on the recent statements of Prime Minister Viktor Orban on the presidential elections in Romania.

The head of Hungarian diplomacy asked what the prime minister should have declared in the current situation. “We will not cooperate with the next president of Romania? Do you really think that this should have said and that should be the foreign policy of the government?”, The MTI said.

On Friday, when he participated in the inauguration of a pilgrimage house in Tihany, in western Hungary, Viktor Orban in quoting George Simion, the gold leader and the winner of the first tour of the Romanian presidential elections, with the statement that “the time has come for a Europe, a Christian Europe”, the Hungarian prime minister “.

Also in Tihany, Viktor Orban said that the Hungarians and Romanians have a common fate.

“We will not mix in the struggles in the presidential elections in progress now in Romania, but (…) We assure the Romanian people and its future president that we support cooperation and we will not support any attempt to isolate or political revenge against Romania or its leaders,” said the prime minister of Hungary, quoted by the MTI.

In his press conference on Monday, Minister Peter Szijjarto said that the Hungarian government will not accept any decrease in the rights of the Hungarian ethnicity and will firmly take a position for the Hungarian ethnicity in Transylvania and the Szekler County, regardless of who will be the negotiation partner.

The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs said that all steps will be coordinated with the Hungarian Democratic Union in Romania (UDMR), as it represents the local Hungarian ethnic.

The leader of the UDMR, Kelemen Hunor, said last week that for him “the only priority is to win Nicușor Dan” the presidential final with George Simion. On the official Facebook page, the UDMR posted the following message: “It depends on us, the Hungarians! If Simion will become a president, it will be a tragedy. Let us set all the objections and in the second round to support Nicușor Dan!”.