Canada taking interest in Hungary’s aid policies benefiting persecuted Christians

Tristan Azbej, the foreign ministry state secretary for aiding persecuted Christians, said that he had briefed Canadian politicians and church leaders about the protection of persecuted Christians and the targets of Hungarian development policy during a visit that concluded on Friday.

Azbej said that common ground was found in some areas of development policy at a meeting with a representative of the Liberals-led Canadian government. Conservative opposition politicians showed “total openness” to Hungary’s approach concerning persecuted Christian communities, he added.

Azbej said he had met Canada’s Deputy Minister of International Development and Global Affairs Christopher MacLennan and briefed him about the targets of the Hungary Helps Programme, which includes the protection of persecuted Christians and offering help to prevent migration.

Among opposition members, he said he had held talks with Garnett Genuis, shadow minister for development policy, and MP Richard Bragdon, head of the National Prayer Breakfast.

He also met representatives of the Canadian Catholic church and Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa-Cornwall Yvan Mathieu.

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