Hungary FM: We Reject All Pressure

"We will not take any kind of pressure, nor will we allow anyone from the outside to tell us what is good for us, and we will not be pushed into a war that has nothing to do with us," declared Hungary's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto at an event in Komarom, where he was awarded honorary citizenship of the city. The minister emphasized that the world must not be divided into blocs again, and politicians and political strategies must not tear apart friends, family members or communities, nor set neighbors against each other and fuel tensions.

Hungary's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto (Photo: MTI/Tamas Purger)

Outsiders Cannot Dictate What's Good for Hungarians

Szijjarto also said he considered it an honor to receive the honorary citizenship on April 26, as it was on this day in 1849 that one of the most important battles of the Hungarian War of Independence took place, when General Gyorgy Klapka's troops heroically broke through the Austrian siege.
"This also demonstrated that for us Hungarians, freedom, sovereignty—in other words, our homeland—is the most important. 176 years later, our foreign policy strategy is still built on this. We never represent the world in Hungary; we represent Hungarian interests in the world," he said.

We will not take any kind of pressure, we will not accept that anyone from outside tells us what is good for us, and we will not accept being pushed into a war that has absolutely nothing to do with us,

he stated.

Szijjarto stressed that Hungary will not accept being told from "imperial centers" who we should live with in our own country, or whom we should or should not let in. "We also will not allow wild ideas to be forced into children's heads—that even if you are a boy, you can become a girl. We will protect ourselves, the Hungarian people, and Hungarian families from this," he said.

"Our foreign policy around the world represents the interests of the Hungarian people and is aimed at protecting and guaranteeing the safety of our people, families, and children," he concluded.

Cover photo: Hungary's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto (Photo: MTI/Tamas Purger)