The Ministry for Foreign Affairs strongly condemns the position of the MPs of the Jobbik political party on the Holocaust, on the internal political situation in Israel, and on the political relations of the Middle East.

The Government of Hungary considers the tragic extermination of the Hungarian Jews during the Second World War to be an unprecedented genocide. The Government deems it extremely important that this should be given due emphasis in the nation’s memory, in education, in research, and in the compensation granted to victims and their relatives. Hungary rejects all forms of Holocaust denial.

The Hungarian foreign policy has been committed to Israel’s security since the political transition of 1989-90. Hungary supports all efforts which aim to achieve stable and fair peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through negotiations based on the two-state solution.
Regarding the situation of Iran, Hungary shares all the concerns expressed by our EU and NATO partners several times, and is an active participant in the formation and implementation of this alliance policy.

In addition, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs categorically rejects all the malevolent attempts which – corresponding to the recent propaganda creating anti-Hungarian hysteria – try to blur the distinction between the Hungarian Government’s policy and the irresponsible statements of the extreme right opposition on the basis of false allegations.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)