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RFE/RL Daily Report
No. 166, 1 September 1994
HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS CZECHS, SLOVAKS FOR APOLOGY.
Speaking at a press conference in Prague on 31 August, Hungarian
Foreign Minister Laszlo Kovacs said the Hungarian people would
appreciate it if the two successor states of former Czechoslovakia
"asked for forgiveness in connection with injustices against
Hungary after World War II," when Hungarians were declared by
Czechoslovakia to be "a nation that bears collective guilt for war
crimes." Kovacs said "psychological and legal" steps could redress
this "injustice." He added that some legal measures had already
been taken but that "Hungary is still waiting for an apology."
Jiri Pehe, RFE/RL, Inc.
ROMANIA COMPLAINS ABOUT TREATY TALKS WITH HUNGARY. Mircea Geoana,
a spokesman for the Romanian Foreign Ministry, told journalists on
31 August that there had been little progress recently in
negotiations with Hungary over a bilateral cooperation treaty.
Geoana said Hungary had failed to respond to proposals made by
Romania in 1993. He expressed hope that the negotiations would be
given a boost by the visit of Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor
Melescanu to Budapest starting 5 September. Romania insists that
the treaty include a clause on border inviolability, while Hungary
wants Romania to commit itself to observing the rights of the
Magyar minority in Transylvania and the Banat. Dan Ionescu,
RFE/RL, Inc.
[As of 1200 CET]
Compiled by Penny Morvant and Jan Cleave
Copyright 1994, RFE/RL, Inc. All rights reserved.
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