Foreign Minister Says US Report Contains the Opinion of Former Ambassador David Pressman
April 8, 2025
2,275
The parts of the annual report on Hungary issued by the United States Trade Representative were dictated by former US Ambassador to Budapest David Pressman, which is how all kinds of fake news and lies were included, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stated in Luxembourg on Monday.
Following an extraordinary meeting of EU foreign trade ministers, Mr Szijjártó said that several domestic press outlets, which had previously received US funding, had referred to the annual report of the United States Trade Representative. He pointed out that such a report is published every year under a legislation passed in 1974, so to present it as part of a specific presidential decree is “simply a lie.” This report was written during the Biden administration, which viewed Hungary as an enemy, the Foreign Minister stressed. He added that
parts on Hungary contain the opinion of former US ambassador David Pressman, who, during his posting in Budapest, acted as an opposition activist, practically as the leader of the Hungarian opposition.
Péter Szijjártó explained that the comments on the document could be submitted from September 3, 2024 until October 17, 2024, i.e. before the US presidential elections in November. In addition, he said, the document also states that the content of the document was compiled and prepared by the US embassies.
Related article
Controversial U.S. Ambassador Leaves Hungary under the Shroud of Darkness
In one of his last actions, David Pressman announced that the US had placed the Minister of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Office on a sanctions list.Continue reading
“There is no question that David Pressman and his colleagues produced all kinds of lies, all kinds of bad news and possible fake news about Hungary and pushed them into this document,” he emphasized.
I have already met the new US Secretary of State, the new US Secretary of the Treasury, the new US Charge d’Affaires in Budapest. A completely different atmosphere, a completely different attitude and a fair cooperation based on mutual respect has been established between the two countries, so we will certainly not have to face such false allegations, such unfounded accusations and slander in official documents in the future,”
he concluded.
Related article
New Horizons in U.S. Relations Focus On Economic and Energy Ties
Péter Szijjártó met Robert Palladino, US Chargé d’Affaires, to talk about the relationship between the two countries.Continue reading
As Mandiner reported, a narrative swept through the Hungarian opposition media, launched by Válasz Online, that Donald Trump’s big tariff package announced on April 2 is partly justified by the “deeply worrying” Hungarian corruption. However, this report is an annual estimate of foreign trade barriers, prepared each year by the United States Trade Representative, based on data from US embassies in each country. Accordingly, the 2025 report, which Donald Trump touted when announcing the tariffs, was made under Joe Biden’s administration, as Péter Szijjártó also pointed out.
Via MTI, Mandiner, Featured photo via Facebook/Szijjártó Péter
A legjobb élmény biztosítása érdekében olyan technológiákat használunk, mint a cookie-k az eszközadatok tárolására és/vagy eléréséhez. Ha beleegyezik ezekbe a technológiákba, akkor olyan adatokat dolgozhatunk fel ezen az oldalon, mint a böngészési viselkedés vagy az egyedi azonosítók. A hozzájárulás elmulasztása vagy visszavonása bizonyos funkciókat és funkciókat hátrányosan érinthet.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
