Six new Hungarian citizens, including four children, and two of their Palestinian family members got out of the Gaza Strip, leaving only one Hungarian citizen in the area, who decided to stay, Péter Szijjártó announced on Wednesday night in Budapest.
The minister reports that the security situation in the Middle East remains desperate. He recalled that they had been in contact with fifteen Hungarian citizens in the Gaza Strip in recent weeks, who did not have the opportunity to escape for a long time.
He underlined: the news came two weeks ago that the foreign nationals could leave the area, so that's when he spoke to his Israeli and Egyptian colleagues, who assured him that the affected persons could leave for Egypt via the Rafah border crossing.
Not long after that, eight Hungarian citizens and their Palestinian family members managed to get out, but seven decided to stay because of the security risks, and several people have been injured since then.
Péter Szijjártó welcomed the fact that on Wednesday evening, six Hungarian citizens, including four children, and their two Palestinian family members managed to enter Egypt after a long wait, where the staff of the Hungarian embassy in Cairo were already waiting for them.
Those concerned will travel to the Egyptian capital, where their accommodation will be provided, and the employees of the diplomatic representation will complete the necessary paperwork, and thus they will be able to arrive in Hungary on a scheduled flight this week.
"A Hungarian citizen decided to stay in Gaza. He would also have had the opportunity to get to the Rafah border crossing today and cross, but he decided to stay despite the opportunity offered. Of course, we will keep in touch with him in the coming period as well," he said.
So it is good news that of the fifteen Hungarian citizens who were previously in Gaza, the fourteen who wanted to come were able to come - concluded the minister.
MTI
Péter Szijjártó announced good news at night
Source: Facebook/Péter Szijjártó
