(ANSA-AFP) - BUDAPEST, NOV 22 - Prime Minister Viktor Orban
came under pressure Tuesday to apologise after wearing a scarf
that depicted historical Hungary, including parts of Ukraine and
neighbouring countries. During a football match between Hungary
and Greece on Sunday, the nationalist premier wore a
controversial scarf that shows a map with the historical
boundaries of Hungary before a post-World War I treaty. The
map's outline includes parts of Austria, Croatia, Romania,
Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine. Orban posted a video of him
wearing the scarf on Facebook. Ukraine's foreign ministry
spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said on Tuesday Kyiv would summon
Hungary's ambassador "who will be informed of the
unacceptability of Viktor Orban's act". "The promotion of
revisionist ideas in Hungary does not contribute to the
development of Ukrainian-Hungarian relations," he said on
Tuesday in a statement on Facebook. "We are waiting for an
official apology from the Hungarian side and a refutation of the
encroachments on the territorial integrity of Ukraine."
Romania's foreign ministry also responded angrily, saying it
"has submitted to the Hungarian ambassador in Bucharest the firm
disapproval for the gesture" of Orban. "Any revisionist
manifestation, no matter what form it takes, is unacceptable,
against current realities and common commitments," it said in a
statement on Monday. Orban on Tuesday said the Hungarian
national team was "the team of all Hungarians wherever they
live". "Football is not politics. Let's not see what is not
there," Orban said on Facebook. (ANSA-AFP).
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