BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. envoy on Wednesday after U.S. Senator John McCain called Prime Minister Viktor Orban a “neo-fascist dictator.”
The United States has become increasingly critical of Orban’s government, accusing him of getting too close to Russia since East-West tensions rose over Ukraine.
Hungary’s foreign minister called in Chargé d’Affaires André Goodfriend over McCain’s comments, made in the U.S. Senate during a political spat over the appointment of Hollywood producer Colleen Bell as U.S. Ambassador in Budapest.
McCain, a Republican, told the Senate on Tuesday: “I am not against political appointees … I understand how the game …read more
Source: Newsweek
