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Hungary, no strengthening military NATO's borders

In Ukraine self-government is OK, but no autonomy

14 May, 20:40

(ANSA) - BUDAPEST - There is no need to strengthen a military presence along Nato's Eastern borders, despite the escalation of the crisis in Ukraine ''and deep changes in the security situation''. This is what Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi said at the Globsec 2014 conference. A press release issued by the Ministry says that Budapest in this regard ''will make the correct decisions at the right time''. According to the press release, this three-day conference will be attended, among others, by political leaders and dozens of ministers of the Visegrad Group countries - the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia - and by the NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. On the sidelines, Martonyi commented on the inaugural speech of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who said that the Hungarians who live outside the country have the right to dual citizenship, and deserve all the protections that belong to minorities and autonomy. These issues are ''fundamental'', Martonyi reiterated, ''for 200,000 Hungarians who live in neighbouring Ukraine'' and anyway Orban did not claim ''territorial autonomy'', but only self-government for the Hungarian minority. (ANSA).

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