Croatian foreign ministry summoning Hungary’s ambassador in Zagreb
The Croatian foreign ministry has misunderstood something, state secretary Tamás Menczer said on Tuesday commenting on the Croatian foreign ministry summoning Hungary’s ambassador in Zagreb over comments by Prime Minister Viktor Orban on the European Union plan to phase out Russian oil imports.
Menczer said on Facebook that Orban had referred to a “historical fact”.
“I hope that our Croatian friends won’t buy into the media hysteria and we can continue our work in the interest of developing cooperation,” he said.
The Hungarian ambassador in Zagreb has been summoned to the Croatian foreign ministry to explain Orbán’s statement that
“Hungary would also have a sea, had it not been taken away”.
Orbán said on Friday that
the EU oil embargo planned against Russia was unacceptable, adding that while countries with seaports could have energy resources delivered to them by ships, landlocked countries were wholly dependent on pipelines.
Read here the Orbán’s interview.
Source: MTI
Obviously both sides are wrong. Orbán because the small region of the Adriatic that was under Hu administration never had a significant Hu presence, was not taken away buy simply lost due to defeat in ww1, and in no way can be referred to as Hungarian seaside. Croatia is wrong too, in this case, because when Hu lost that region Croatia did not exist as an independent state, and anyway it was taken over by Italy so there is no reason why Croatian govt should feel upset about Orbán statement.
“We’re Nationalists – so it’s important we regularly toss some red meat to our followers and are not suggesting we will be taking any of your territory in the near future”