Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Arthur Schneier, chief rabbi of New York's Park East Synagogue, at the Carmelite Monastery during a working lunch; the President of the Republic, Katalin Novák, also joined the meeting - Bertalan Havasi, Deputy State Secretary in charge of the Prime Minister's Press Office, informed MTI.
At the meeting, which was also attended by Balázs Orbán, the Prime Minister's political director, it was said that Hungary is one of the safest European countries for Jews. The members of the Hungarian Jewish community live in safety, they can live their identity and practice their religion freely in the three established Jewish churches.
In connection with the war in Ukraine, the leaders of Hungary and the chief rabbi agreed that a cease-fire and peace negotiations are needed as soon as possible, because the war caused a serious economic crisis and an unforeseeable humanitarian disaster.
Arthur Schneier spoke with appreciation about the fact that the Hungarian government, together with Jewish communities, civil organizations and private individuals, has been supporting the provision of Jewish refugees from Ukraine in Hungary and their continued travel to Israel since the first day of the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Source: MTI
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