Hungary’s foreign ministry has received no reports of any Hungarians affected by the political unrest in Kazakhstan, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Friday.
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“Kazakhstan is our strategic partner, so we are following the developments in the country closely,” Szijjártó said on Facebook.
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He said the ministry on Thursday reached out to the secretary-general of the Organization of Turkic States and expressed its support for his call for a videoconference of the organisation’s foreign ministers.
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The video call has been convened by the grouping’s Uzbek presidency for Tuesday morning, Hungarian time,
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Szijjártó said.
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“Our foreign missions are in constant contact with the Hungarian nationals in Kazakhstan and so far have no knowledge of any citizens who may be in trouble,” the minister said.
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Source: MTI
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