Prime Min­is­ter Orbán Marks Inde­pen­dence Day in Let­ter to Pres­i­dent Trump

Prime Min­is­ter Vik­tor Orbán greet­ed US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump on the occa­sion of America’s Inde­pen­dence Day, on Sat­ur­day, the prime minister’s press office reported.

Hun­gar­i­ans and Amer­i­cans are com­mit­ted to val­ues shared by their coun­tries, such as free­dom, sov­er­eign­ty, and inde­pen­dence, the prime min­is­ter wrote in his let­ter. Efforts to pre­serve a Chris­t­ian iden­ti­ty, sup­port­ing fam­i­lies, and pro­vid­ing joint assis­tance to Israel are dom­i­nant fac­tors in the poli­cies of both coun­tries, he added.

Orbán high­light­ed the US’s shel­ter­ing many Hun­gar­i­ans that had to flee their home­land, and said that Hun­gar­i­an-Amer­i­cans are a strong link between the two nations. He said his gov­ern­ment was com­mit­ted to pro­tect­ing free­dom and sov­er­eign­ty even in hard times, adding that Hun­gary was ready to make a fair con­tri­bu­tion to NATO’s expenses.

Orbán also assured Trump that the Hun­gar­i­an gov­ern­ment would go on work­ing to pro­tect Hungary’s bor­ders and fight ille­gal migration.

The Hun­gar­i­an gov­ern­ment wants to strength­en bilat­er­al ties and stay a com­mit­ted ally of the US, Orbán said, adding that he was look­ing for­ward to con­tin­u­ing in joint efforts.

fea­tured pho­to: Szilárd Koszticsák/MTI

Source: MTI / hungarytoday