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- 11 Sep 2024 3:11 PM
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The “Baltic propaganda campaign” against Hungary has been “restarted”, as Baltic states accused the country of putting the security of the Schengen Area at risk by allowing Russian and Belorussian nationals to participate in its National Card programme, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said on Facebook.
The Hungarian government wants to develop its cooperation with Belarus in all areas that are not affected by the EU’s sanctions against Russia, the foreign minister said in Minsk, adding that Belarus was also ready to cooperate.
Budapest is a republic ruled by Budapest citizens, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsoy said on Friday, marking the anniversary of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight.
The Visegrád cooperation “is alive and well” and has a long future ahead, the Hungarian president said at a press conference after attending a summit of the V4 countries’ heads of state in Prague.
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