Orbán attended the US Embassy’s Independence Day

Hungary and the United States today support and protect the same values, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a reception hosted by the US Embassy to mark Independence Day in Budapest on Tuesday.

Concerning Hungarian-American relations, the prime minister said that over the past several years there had been “highs and lows, good and bad times” in the two countries’ ties.

Hungarians believe bilateral relations are on the right track now, he said, thanking David B. Cornstein, the US Ambassador to Hungary.

PM Orbán said the state of Hungarian-US ties generally depended on whether there was an overlap in the values supported by the US administration in power and those being protected by Hungary. “The answer to this question today is a resounding ‘yes’,” he said.

Orbán said Americans and Hungarians were right to believe that their countries should come first.

The two countries mutually respect each other’s “patriotic viewpoints”, Orbán said. He said both Hungary and the US considered it a duty to guarantee the safety of their citizens and were committed to safeguarding the value of gender equality. Equally, the prime minister added, “the foundations of our nations rest on families consisting of a father, a mother and children”.