Hungarian Diplomats 'Not Allowed' To Help Fans At Munich Arena, Says Szijjártó

  • 24 Jun 2021 5:45 AM
  • Hungary Matters
Hungarian Diplomats 'Not Allowed' To Help Fans At Munich Arena, Says Szijjártó
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has called it an “unprecedented gesture” that Bavarian authorities “have refused to give permission for the presence of Hungarian consuls” at the stadium in Munich where a Germany-Hungary football match is to be played on Wednesday night.

Consuls are to assist citizens staying abroad, Szijjártó said on Facebook, adding that he had instructed staff at the Hungarian consulate general in Munich to “provide continuous information” in connection with the football event.

Hungarian consuls were called to intervene twice earlier on Wednesday, when a bus with Hungarian fans was stopped once by customs officers and for a second time by the police, the minister said.

He insisted that the German authorities had “only released the bus thanks to the firm stance of (Hungarian) consuls”.


MTI Photo: Tamás Kovács

  • How does this content make you feel?

XpatLoop Media Partner

Hungary Matters

Launched in January 2014, this newsletter published on week days covers 'everything you need to know about what’s going on in Hungary and beyond', according to its publisher the state media agency MTI.