Hungary voices regret over Romania’s banning Szekler official
Hungary seeks to build “civilised” ties based on “mutual respect” with Romania, but such moves as Romania’s recent banning an official of the Szekler National Council (SZNT), a Hungarian citizen, from that country “won’t help the process”, the Hungarian foreign minister told reporters on Saturday.
Péter Szijjártó spoke after Romanian authorities on Friday denied entry to Attila Dabis, foreign affairs commissioner of the Szekler National Council in Romania.
Szijjártó said that legal entrants could only be banned from a country upon a court ruling, and insisted that Romania‘s border police “had not referred to any such decision”. He added that Romanian authorities had declined to comment, and that the Hungarian government would send a diplomatic note to the Romanian interior and foreign ministries.
The foreign minister suggested that
Romania had violated a European citizen’s right to free movement within the community, and called it “unacceptable”.
Concerning events connected to the Day of Szekler Freedom in Marosvásárhely (Targu Mures), which Dabis was planning to attend, Szijjártó said that “nobody must be denied the right to commemorate heroes in history”, and voiced hope that Romania’s authorities will “proceed in a European manner”.
On another subject, Szijjártó criticised Ukraine’s authorities for their “passive stance” concerning continual attacks against that country’s Hungarian community, and insisted that Ukraine was “becoming unworthy” of joining the European Union or NATO. The Hungarian government will “face all debates and fight all battles” for Hungarian people, whether they are living in Hungary or in other countries, Szijjártó added. Hungary will not support any of Ukraine’s endeavours to join international organisations before that country drops its measures hurting ethnic minorities, the minister said.
Referring to recommendations by the EU and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, Szijjártó said that the Ukrainian government should enter into negotiations with ethnic minority representatives and change Ukraine’s education law, which currently restricts their access to education in minority languages. Szijjártó also referred to proposals now before Ukraine’s parliament to amend the language law, and said that the “nonsensical” bills were aimed at fully suppressing the Hungarian language in Ukraine.
Ukraine uses “false propaganda” to divide ethnic Hungarians and manipulate the international community, Szijjártó insisted.
Szijjártó noted that Hungary had repeatedly asked leaders of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe to extend the presence of OSCE observers from East Ukraine to western parts of the country in light of attacks against the Hungarian minority. According to recent, official information, OSCE has set up a 12-strong mission in Uzhhorod (Ungvár), Szijjártó said.
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Romania is almost in the same era as muslim countries when it comes to human rights. Ukraine is going backwards too.
No wonder the Russians have such a hard time with these two governments.
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Hungarians are fine in Romania!
They are free people, happy to preserve their national identity here, traditions, language, name it. Stop talking non-sense! I’m Romanian and we Romanians love our Hungarian community, there is not tensions between our communities. Only some trouble makers from Hungary (Jobbik, Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement and FIDESZ) come here in vain, trying to agitate the spirits. Hungarians are nice people, they will get autonomy in Romania in the future, but not with Budapest threats and ultra-nationalist ideas imported from Hungary that are totally against EU lines. Hungary (Austro-Hungarian Empire) had took autonomy from Szekely people in 1876 and other minorities and now they point finger to their neighbours about the “discrimination” (in Serbia and Ukraine is such discrimination against Hungarians). Edward and Piszcos, you two are invited in Szekely Land to witness yourself this facts, and to enjoy the beautiful landscape of the place.
*If Romania would had been against Hungry, do you think Viktor Orban or Katalin Novak would had been allowed to make private visits, and inaugurate monuments all the time in Romania? Just notice yourself the contradictions of your statements.
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Is not Hungary who took the autonomy from Szekely people in 1876?
There is no discrimination against Hungarians in Romania. They have equal rights with us!
In their regions they have the signs, names, information in Hungarian.
They have their own schools in Hungarian and are free to use their language.
National television has Hungarian dedicated programs.
Their party UDMR has always had a minister allocated in every Government for 89′ to this day.
They will get autonomy in Szekely in near future. But not with Budapest threats, and based on ethnic lines, like some child-minded extremists from Jobbik, Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement and FIDESZ envision.
If Hungary loves so much Hungarians outside Hungary why it took so long to promulgated the law of citizenship in 2011?
Do you think that if Romanians would had hated Hungarian would had not forbidden Viktor Orban and Katalin Novak for entering our territory?
Especially after Viktor Orban had exposed his laughable impression about Hungarian Aryanism :D. Or go against the investments that Hungarian Government is making in Transylvania, particularly in the regions where Hungarians live in majority?
PISZCOS, 23 October is the national day of the friendship between Hungarians and Russian, since 1956 😀 ?
Russia hates you like they hate all countries that were part of their sphere of influence. They just mange to better infiltrate in Hungarian policy, government. But they really don’t care about Hungary, if could would deport some Hungarians to Russia and replace them with Russians. Like they did in Latvia, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, East Prussia. So if you think Russia is a the right direction of Hungary. Good luck with that!
Russian friendship is paid with land only.
😀 😀 😀
Is not Hungary who took the autonomy from Szekely people in 1876?
There is no discrimination against Hungarians in Romania. They have equal rights with us!
In their regions they have the signs, names, information in Hungarian.
They have their own schools in Hungarian and are free to use their language.
National television has Hungarian dedicated programs.
Their party UDMR has always had a minister allocated in every Government for 89′ to this day.
They will get autonomy in Szekely in near future. But not with Budapest threats, and based on ethnic lines, like some child-minded extremists from Jobbik, Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement and FIDESZ envision.
If Hungary loves so much Hungarians outside Hungary why it took so long to promulgated the law of citizenship in 2011?
Do you think that if Romanians would had hated Hungarian would had not forbidden Viktor Orban and Katalin Novak for entering our territory?
Especially after Viktor Orban had exposed his laughable impression about Hungarian Aryanism :D. Or go against the investments that Hungarian Government is making in Transylvania, particularly in the regions where Hungarians live in majority?
PISZCOS, 23 October is the national day of the friendship between Hungarians and Russian, since 1956 😀 ?
Russia hates you like they hate all countries that were part of their sphere of influence. They just mange to better infiltrate in Hungarian policy, government. But they really don’t care about Hungary, if could would deport some Hungarians to Russia and replace them with Russians. Like they did in Latvia, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, East Prussia. So if you think Russia is a the right direction of Hungary. Good luck with that!
Russian friendship is paid with land only.