Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said on Tuesday that the US placing Antal Rogán, the minister heading the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office, on a sanctions list was "personal revenge" by the outgoing US ambassador who is leaving Hungary "without honor".
Minister Szijjártó said on Facebook that "it is good that the people who will lead the US within a few days will view our country as a friend and not as an enemy".