The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary declares – in response to the verbal and physical insult committed by extremists with anti-Semitic intentions in Budapest on October 23 – that it is unacceptable to disparage and insult our fellow citizens of Jewish identity and it is equally unacceptable to defile the national flag of the State of Israel.

It is particularly disheartening for us that the provocations, which undermine the unity of our nation and damage our international reputation, took place on the fifty-sixth anniversary of the 1956 Revolution, since the revolution demonstrated our national unity with unprecedented brightness and Hungary won the recognition of the entire free world.

The Government of Hungary is committed to fighting all forms of anti-Semitism and racism, and stands firm, employing all means necessary, against the dangerous manifestations of extremism.

(Prime Minister’s Office)