Hungary will teach the United Nations how to protect persecuted Christians?

The United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief has asked Hungary to share its experience with its policy of aiding persecuted Christians with the rest of the world, a foreign ministry official said on Friday.

Tristan Azbej, the state secretary in charge of aiding persecuted Christians, said at the end of his visit to Washington, DC, that he had spoken with UN Special Rapporteur Nazila Ghanea on the sidelines of the International Religious Freedom Summit.

He said Ghanea had specifically asked that Hungary share its unique experience in using humanitarian aid to assist in the survival of persecuted Christians and other religious groups.

The state secretary said this year’s religious freedom summit had been attended by more countries than ever before, with representatives of persecuted groups, national governments and other types of organsiations present. He said it was a hopeful sign that whereas in the past, such summits had resulted only in statements, this time there was reason to trust that it would yield “tangible action”.

Azbej said Hungary had contributed to the summit by presenting the work carried out by the state secretariat in charge of aiding persecuted Christians since 2016 as well as the operations of the Hungary Helps humanitarian programme which promotes through development policy the cause of the freedom of religion.

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Meanwhile, the state secretary said he had taken part in several political meetings in Washington, meeting US political figures, including members of Congress.