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SZIJJÁRTÓ EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES OVER SLOVAKIA TRAIN CRASH

 

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has expressed his condolences to his Slovak counterpart over a train crash that occurred at Nové Zámky (Érsekújvár) on Thursday. In his letter to Juraj Blanár, Szijjártó expressed his sympathy with family members of the five victims and wished a speedy recovery to those who had been hospitalised with injuries. In the accident, a high-speed train on its way from Prague to Budapest crashed with a bus in a railway crossing. The consular services have not reported Hungarians involved in the accident.