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Foreign ministry asks Hungarians to be extra cautious when travelling abroad
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Budapest, December 4 (MTI) – The foreign ministry is asking Hungarians to be extra cautious when travelling abroad before, during and after the Christmas holidays, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Sunday.
He asked travellers to register on the consular service website, specifying not only the destination country but also the city. He told a press conference that Hungary’s foreign representative offices, embassies and consulate generals will operate an on-call service around the clock.
He said the US state department has also warned US citizens of the risk of terror attacks when travelling in Europe and Europool has issued a warning that the Islamic State terrorist organisation is likely to plan further attacks.
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Whereas such attacks were mostly directed at police or state officials in the past, it is now believed that attacks against civilians may become more focal, according to the IS’s strategy. Attacks against IS in several areas in Iraq, including Mosul and its neighbourhood, could also encourage the terrorists to take revenge, Szijjártó said.
In response to a question about a Syrian national sentenced to ten years for leading an attack against Hungarian police by migrants who wanted to enter Hungary illegally, he said such an act must have consequences, and everybody must know this. It is the court’s responsibility to rule, he said, but added that in his personal opinion, calling this a terrorist act was not something he would object to.