After Poland recalled its ambassador, FM Szijjártó said Hungary has interest in good cooperation

Hungary has a vested interest in good cooperation with Poland, despite political disagreements, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said on Thursday, adding that it seemed “the current Warsaw leadership doesn’t have such an interest.”

Fielding questions at a press conference on another matter in Budapest on Thursday, Péter Szijjártó was asked to comment on the final withdrawal of the Polish ambassador from Budapest. “We never interfere with the decisions of other countries when it comes to sending or not sending ambassadors.”

At the same time, Warsaw is reported to be withdrawing all the leaders of foreign representations since the government change in the country, Szijjártó added, according to a ministry statement.

“It is every country’s sovereign right to decide who should represent them in other countries… We have always received the Polish ambassadors with respect, whoever they may be,” Szijjártó said.

“Poland’s current government is pro-war, and we are pro-peace… We think cooperation between the two countries should consist of more than what we think about the war, but the Polish government can obviously not see past it,” Szijjártó said.