Hungary’s government spokesman has talks in Washington

Washington, DC, April 28 (MTI) – Government spokesman Zoltán Kovács concluded a four-day visit to Washington, DC on Thursday during which he met congressmen and representatives of brain trusts and visited background institutions as well as the Congressional Research Service.

Kovács held talks with Republican congressmen Dennis Ross of Florida and Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska, along with Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. He also met representatives of research institutions such as the German Marshall Fund, the conservative Heritage Foundation and the Family Research Council.

Speaking to MTI about his talks on Thursday, Kovács said he had briefed all his negotiating partners on the Hungarian government’s policies of the past seven years.

“We of course also talked about current affairs, such as the issue of the Central European University (CEU) and NGOs, and the impression I got from everyone was that they really do understand what’s going on,” the government spokesman said. He said the news that had reached the US about the CEU was “mostly the one-sided bits of information containing the same half-truths being spread by the CEU’s rector and Soros allies”.

He suggested that prejudice in connection with Hungary in the US seemed to be “easing”, adding at the same time that most of the information that reaches the country was “still quite one-sided”.