(ANSA) - BELGRADE, DEC 22 - Bosnian religious and political leaders criticised the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, accused of offending the large Muslim population living in the Balkan country, Orban's spokesperson and Secretary of State for International Communication and Relations Zoltan Kovacs tweeted, quoting Orban, that "the challenge with Bosnia is how to integrate a country with 2 million Muslims." Orban hold a marathon internatioanl press conference yesterday. The Hungarian PM spoke also about the Balkans, stating that the region "cannot be stabilized without the Serbs, without Bosnia, and Bosnia cannot be stabilized without the Bosnian Serbs. The key to the Balkans is the Serbian nation." The Bosniak member of Bosnia's tripartite presidency defined Orban's statement "shameful", while the chief of the Islamic community, Reisu-l-ulema Kavazovic, spoke of "xenophobic and racist" statements. 'Our Party', a left-wing party in Bosnia, urged to ban Orban from travelling to Sarajevo in January.

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