Foreign Minister discusses developments in Middle East with Israeli counterpart

Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has discussed developments in the Middle East with Gideon Saar, his Israeli counterpart, by phone.

“I confirmed Hungary’s firm support for stability in the region as well as our commitment to further strengthening our strategic alliance with Israel,” the foreign minister said in a post on Facebook on Sunday.

“We are very concerned with the surge of modern anti-Semitism in the Western part of Europe, and the increasingly anti-Israel rhetoric of some Western European politicians,” he added.

“Once more I assured my colleague that Hungary would reject any endeavour aimed at weakening ties between Europe and Israel; accordingly, we do not support a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, either,” Minister Szijjártó said.