Hungarian FM protests against EU attitude at UN talks on migration

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Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign minister, has sent an official letter of protest to Federica Mogherini, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, because the EU delegation to the talks on the United Nations‘ global migration package had presented a position that lacked consensus within the EU28 bloc.

Hungary expects Mogherini to prevent the recurrence of such “unprecedented and scandalous” instances and give an explanation for what happened, Szijjártó told a press conference in Budapest on Saturday.

No matter what pressure Hungary is exposed to, the country will hold to its position and continue to defend its southern border, keep the fence in place and prevent the inflow of illegal migrants, he said.

Now that talks on the package have started, there is a growing international pressure on Hungary to change its approach to migration. As the basic proposition of the UN package runs counter to Hungary’s interests, the government had considered quitting the talks before. But after consultations with the Visegrad Group partners it decided to stay and try to modify the package, Szijjártó said.

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  1. if colonization is a crime against human rights, everyone who had African colonies had to pay.Hungary and the group of Winograd never ever had such colonies. if the majority of people coming is from French speaking countries, it’s not up to Hungary and its neighbors to pay for them!

  2. E.U. the European organization that wants to destroy Europe! France Germany and Belgium are perfect examples of how to ruin a country.

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