The foreign minister reacted to the concerns of the Israeli ambassador regarding the prime minister's remarks about Miklós Horthy.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó reassured the Israeli ambassador to Hungary that the government has declared a policy of zero tolerance for anti-Semitism. In a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI, Mr. Szijjártó said he had told Ambassador Yossi Amrani that the activities of Miklós Horthy as governor included both positive and extremely negative periods. Mr. Szijjártó told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Orbán had expressed himself clearly when he explained his standpoint on Miklós Horthy, the Minister told MTI.
At the opening ceremony of the newly renovated Klebelsberg Mansion on 21 June, the Prime Minister said that it was thanks to a few outstanding statesmen, including Miklós Horthy, that “history did not bury us beneath itself after all” under the huge weight to the lost World War, the 133 days of the Red Terror and the dictate of Trianon.
