"Amerika Hangja" - Voice of America - Magyarorszag kulpolitikaja,
Horn Gyula.
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date=7/15/94
type=correspondent report
number=2-162035 (**)
title= Hungary/prime minister (l only)
byline= Stefan Bos
dateline= Budapest
content=
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Intro:    Hungary's new prime minister Gyula Horn says he wants
to hold a referendum on whether Hungary should seek membership in
the NATO alliance.  Stefan Bos reports from Budapest on the prime
minister's foreign policy views.

Text:   Just hours after taking up his post, Mr. Horn offered a
broad look at Hungarian foreign policy, saying that he himself
has doubts about Hungarian association with NATO.

Mr. Horn told reporters that many Hungarians were happy when
Hungary left the now dissolved Warsaw Pact, and do not want to
join another military block.

He said his government plans to hold a referendum on whether
Hungary should  seek NATO's membership.

The prime minister said his government does not rule out a second
referendum on whether Hungary should request membership in the
European Union--a less controversial question.

Accusing the E-U of putting up trade barriers, Mr. Horn
criticized the former Hungarian government for not developing
markets in nearby Ukraine and Russia.

Prime minister Horn will meet with his counterparts from 10 other
countries Saturday in the Italian city of Triest.  He said he
wants to discuss an agreement with Romanian and Slovak leaders on
mutual recognition of borders.

Mr. Horn will also confer with German chancellor Helmut Kohl, in
Bonn on Monday, to develop already good relations. Germany
praised Mr. Horn when he was Hungarian foreign minister and was
instrumental in allowing tens of thousands of East Germans pass
through Hungary to West Germany.

Mr. Horn said he hopes to focus on eliminating Hungary's 26
billion dollar foreign debt, and to deal with the country's
troubled economy. (Signed)

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15-Jul-94 4:24 pm edt (2024 utc)
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source: Voice of America