Szijjarto: Croatia PM’s preoccupation with Hungary “unacceptable”

Budapest, October 9 (MTI) – Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said it was “unacceptable” that Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic “continues to be preoccupied with Hungary” after Milanovic criticised Hungary for its decision to erect a border fence.

Referring to Hungary, Milanovic on Thursday said that erecting a fence between two European Union member states is “not normal” and that the move would go down in history as “the biggest outrage and shame of the 21st century”. He said the “political elite” in Hungary “is playing a game” which he does not like and will “fight with words”.

Milanovic said it was “easy” to erect a barbed wire fence, and that his country would manage to get it done in two weeks, adding, however, that this was not the kind of Europe he wants to live in.

The prime minister also mentioned the train which Croatian authorities last month sent across Hungary’s border with some 1,000 migrants on board without notifying the Hungarian government beforehand — and which was sent back to Croatia on Thursday. Milanovic said Hungary “stole the property of Croatia’s railway company” for which the company would demand compensation.

Milanovic also said he wanted to know when Hungary would return the management rights to the jointly-owned Croatian oil firm INA.