Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó welcomed reports that a recently reopened Catholic high school in the central Romanian city of Târgu Mureș
(Marosvásárhely), attended mainly by Hungarian students, started its schoolyear. Romanian authorities in 2016 suspended operations at
the school. Hungary, however, said in response it would not support Romania’s OECD membership until the issue was resolved. Mother-
tongue education is one of the main guarantees of the survival of Hungarian minorities abroad, Szjjártó said. The agreement to reopen the school was a result of intense negotiations and the use of “diverse diplomatic tools”, he added. The Hungarian government will always stand up for Hungarian communities abroad, as it has done in the past. It will further “keep an eye” on the school to make sure all classes start duly, he said. The minister expressed hope to build Romanian-Hungarian cooperation based on the mutual respect born of this success.