Hungarian Minority in Romania: Request For New Consulate Rejected
Romania rejected Hungary’s request for opening two new consulates in Transylvania.
Below is an article by Politics:
Romania has rejected the application Hungary submitted last April [2014] to open two consular offices in the Romanian cities of Oradea (Nagyvarad) and Targu Mures (Marosvasarhely), the foreign ministry’s spokeswoman told MTI on Thursday [3 July 2014].
The ministry said the move is “incomprehensible”, as the Romanian side has not provided any substantive explanation for the decision and Hungary has never rejected a similar request by a foreign country, said Anna Nagy. She said the decision went against European practices.
Hungary is rather disappointed because Titus Corlatean, the Romanian foreign minister, spoke in a highly positive tone about further developing Hungarian-Romanian relations after the formation of the new Hungarian government.
Hungary operates consulates at the country’s embassy in Bucharest and in Miercurea Ciuc (Csikszereda) and Cluj (Kolozsvar).
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