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SZIJJÁRTÓ: POLISH FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL ISSUES SHARP RESPONSE TO PM'S TUSVÁNYOS SPEECH

 

Poland’s foreign ministry state secretary has issued a “sharp response” to the Hungarian prime minister’s speech at the Bálványos Summer University, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Sunday, adding that the Polish official’s reaction proved the adage that “the truth hurts”. “We have tolerated the provocations and hypocrisy of the incumbent Polish government for a long time for the sake of preserving ‘Polish-Hungarian brotherhood’, but we’ve had enough,” Szijjártó said on Facebook. “While the current Polish government criticises and accuses us of importing oil from Russia that is critical to keep the country running, if we take a good look at one of the biggest Russian oil company’s list of buyers, we’ll find the Poles on it,” Szijjártó said. “And there wouldn’t even be any problem with that because ultimately energy supply has a physical basis, but if this is how it has turned out, then they shouldn’t be hypocritical and accuse others.”