Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén also participated in the meeting. Mr. Orbán strongly condemned extremist statements made by an opposition MP at last week’s parliamentary sitting, and made it clear that the Government of Hungary guarantees that every minority in Hungary can live in safety.

The Prime Minister welcomed the fact that Judaism and Jewish public life in our country is once again diverse. At the meeting Mr. Köves acknowledged the Prime Minister's defence of human dignity in the National Assembly, and thanked the Government for ensuring conditions for diversity in Hungary’s religious and cultural life. A planned agreement between the Government and religious communities was also discussed during the meeting.

(Ministry of Public Administration and Justice)