On July 3, upon the initiative of the Hungarian side, Foreign Minister János Martonyi had a meeting with US Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis concerning the recently surfaced documents on NSA information gathering.

The Minister requested information from the Ambassador about whether Hungarian governmental or other organizations were affected by this kind of activity.

He underlined that Hungary expects the United States to respond to the request in the spirit of the two countries allied relationship and stressed that as a member state of the European Union Hungary would also follow the discussion on this topic between the United States and the EU.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)