Szijjártó: Contact With Ten Hungarians Still To Be Made In Nepal
- 28 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
The foreign ministry has still not made contact with 10 of the 58 Hungarian citizens who were in the earthquakehit area of Nepal on Saturday, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said. While 18 Hungarians have managed to leave Nepal safely according to the latest updates, and the whereabouts and the conditions of 30 other people are also known, the ministry has so far failed to make contact with 10 Hungarians stranded in the country.
Poor technical conditions have hindered efforts to establish contact with them, he said.
The minister explained that the majority of the Hungarians who have left Nepal departed Kathmandu on Monday morning, while three people from a group of five tourists have also left, with two opting to remain in the country.
Referring to the Hungarians still in Nepal, the minister said five were Hungarian citizens residing in the country and the ministry had reached one of them, who confirmed the safety of two other Hungarian citizens.
Hungary’s honorary consul visited four Hungarian tourists being treated in hospital.
The ministry knows of nine other people who were situated further away from the capital when the disaster struck, while 11 other Hungarians contacted the ministry themselves.
All of the Hungarians contacted are reported to be doing fine.
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