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The foreign minister said the situation in the Middle East is a key issue for Hungary for several reasons including regional security and migration waves. Peter Szijjarto Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in New York on Wednesday that if trends point towards stability peace and tranquility in the region there is a lesser likelihood for new waves of migration to start. Instability or wartime situations obviously trigger waves of migration he said adding that migrants tended to choose Europe as their destination.Minister Szijjarto noted before a UN Security Council debate over the situation in the Middle East that Israel is Hungarys strategic ally and the Hungarian government had always taken a stand for Israels right to self-defense. The minister called on the international community to make it clear that it stands on Israels side and admits that that country is exposed to grave threats of terror and that terrorist organisations and terrorists should be called by their name. We always regret to see some UN committees bodies and member states pursuing expressly anti-Israel policies and adopting unfair one-sided positions on Israel he said adding that Hungary favoured a balanced approach.Over the past few decades Minister Szijjarto said almost all Middle East peace plans failed only the Abraham Accords initiated during Donald Trumps presidency seemed to be viable. On this score the minister stressed the need for as many Arab states as possible to normalise their relations with Israel. The situation in the Middle East is all the more important because Hungary as a Christian state for over a thousand years feels responsibility for Christian communities in that region he said. Several Christian communities are being persecuted in the Middle East a situation for which the United Nations should carry part of the blame he said.Concerning President Joe Bidens administration Minister Szijjarto said that Hungarys relations with the United States had been the best during Donald Trumps term but Hungary always respects the decisions of the partner countries citizens. Unfortunately our open approach to this issue is not always reciprocated on this side of the ocean he said. Hungary always strives for the best possible relations with the elected US administration. Our political positions however are not always identical. To be more precise they are rarely identical Minister Szijjrt said.
