“The Dutch Foreign Minister has informed Hungary’s chief diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, that his government disassociates itself from the statement by the outgoing Ambassador to Budapest equating terrorists and the Hungarian Government”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s press chief informed Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday.

Tamás Menczer told the press: Bert Koenders called Mr. Szijjártó by telephone and made it clear that the statement by the outgoing Ambassador was not the standpoint of the Dutch Government.

Holland’s Foreign Minister said the Dutch Government did not think there was any relationship between terrorism and the activities of the Hungarian Government, the press chief said.

In an interview for Hungarian news portal 168 óra (168 hours), outgoing Dutch Ambassador Gajus Scheltema said, amongst others, that extremist Islamists “create enemies according to the same principles as the Hungarian Government”.

(Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister/MTI)