President Novák’s Facebook post about the Szeklers outraged Romania

One of the biggest events of the Hungarian nation, the Csíksomlyó pilgrimage, was held over the weekend, and President of Hungary Katalin Novák was also among the attendees. The President is rather active on Facebook, and it seems that the Romanian Foreign Ministry is also watching her posts with a wary eye.

Katalin Novák’s followers were able to keep track of the main stops of her trip to Szeklerland. She also bowed her head at the tomb of the “greatest Szekler”, Balázs Orbán. On the Szék road from the Márton Áron College High School in Csíkszereda (Miercurea Ciuc) to Csíksomlyó (Șumuleu), Katalin Novák joined hundreds of thousands of other pilgrims on their journey to the Csíksomlyó Church of the Holy Cross, which then headed to the mountain range between Kis and Nagysomlyó, where they all attended the traditional mass of the farewell.

The Romanian Foreign Ministry, however, did not seem to be particularly pleased about the visit. Even though President Novák was on a private trip, they believed that she had conveyed inappropriate messages to the public, for instance, in regard of a historical region of Romania.

According to the Agerpres news agency, the Romanian Foreign Ministry has also contacted Hungary’s ambassador in Bucharest discussing the matter. In a statement, they expressed that they objected to the posts published on the Facebook page of Katalin Novák. Furthermore, they pointed out that the Romanian side has repeatedly warned Hungarian officials visiting Romania to exercise restraint, but this time they failed to do so.