“Assistance should not be provided to enable Syrians to reach Europe, but instead they should be given assistance through enabling them to remain in place and return home”, declared State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians Tristan Azbej from the Prime Minister’s Office.
The brutal terrorist attack in New Zealand has regrettably proved once again that in the 21st century hatred, violence and terrorism know no borders, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wrote in his letter of condolence sent to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardem.
The Hungarian people can never give up being treated as equal partners around the world, Judit Varga, Minister of State for EU Relations at the Prime Minister’s Office underlined in her commemorative speech which she delivered in Szabadka (Subotica – Vojvodina, Serbia) on Friday.
The nation is common remembrance about the past, and a plan for the future, while survival is our most important mission, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the remembrance event of the 12th district of Budapest on Friday.
“Instead of a useful and forward-looking alliance of free states, empire-building designs are taking shape that punish nation states”, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi said in Hungarian M1 television’s Sunday evening current affairs program.
“The heroes of the 1848-49 revolution and war of independence set an example of patriotism. We must also draw strength from their example in view of the fact that our security, Christian culture and national identity are under threat”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed in a video message to cross-border Hungarians.
In the Garden of the National Museum in Budapest on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “We want the scales to fall from the eyes of the peoples of Europe, and for them to realise and understand this: that without Christian culture there will be no free life in Europe; and that if we fail to defend our Christian culture we will lose Europe, and Europe will no longer belong to Europeans.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade strongly condemns the horrendous terrorist attack committed by extremists in Christchurch, New Zealand on 15 March 2019, which claimed 49 lives and left many people injured.
According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, just like in 1848, the Hungarian people must also defend their freedom in solidarity today. Péter Szijjártó gave a speech at the monument to the Szekler Martyrs in Marosvásárhely (Târgu Mureș) on Thursday at an event to mark the 15 March national holiday.
On Thursday afternoon Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister, informed Hungarian news agency MTI that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has issued a written message to Hungarians around the world. On the eve of 15 March – the day of the birth of Hungarian freedom – Mr. Orbán paid his respects to all his Hungarian compatriots and wished them an uplifting celebration.