“I am finishing my foreign service as the current government departs,” Martonyi, who has completed two four-year government cycles as foreign minister, told Origo.

The 70-year-old said that as a member of both governments of Viktor Orbán (1998-2002 and 2010- 2014), he had spent eight years in the post. He said he had spoken with the prime minister about this topic on several occasions.

It was not a secret that he did not wish to continue, he said, adding that rumours had gone about in the mid-cycle that in 2010 he had only agreed to take up the post for a period of two years.

Martonyi said it had been a great honour to head the foreign ministry for eight years.

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