US Ambassador: Relations with Hungary ‘could not be better’

Relations between Hungary and the United States could not be better, outgoing US Ambassador David B. Cornstein said in an interview published in daily Magyar Nemzet’s Wednesday issue.

The ambassador told the paper that US-Hungary relations had been “rather poor” when he came to serve in Hungary in June 2018.

He highly regarded efforts made towards strengthening mutual security, noting the Defence Cooperation Agreement signed by the two countries last year. Their troops work together in several missions around the world as both sides are committed to defending freedom and democracy, he said.

Asked whether press freedom is “in grave danger” in Hungary, Ambassador Cornstein said that the general opinion was that the media in the country was more conservative than liberal. He, however, said that he was reading every morning several articles criticising the Hungarian government and its measures. He said