State Secretary urges ceasefire on visit to Transcarpathia
The Hungarian government had used some 130 billion forints (EUR 334m) since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine to help the war’s victims.
The Hungarian government had used some 130 billion forints (EUR 334m) since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine to help the war’s victims.
The call was in connection with reports that terrorists attacked a Catholic parish in Nigeria and murdered the local priest there on Saturday night.
The state secretary said Europe’s Christian culture should be protected and “aid should be granted where problems arise rather than bringing the problems over here."
The Hungarian government believes that crises should be addressed by providing assistance locally rather than through the imposition of sanctions.
Bishop Nalbandian said the government’s help was important in Syria where after ten years of war and in the midst of an economic crisis, efforts are under way to rebuild destroyed churches and schools.
State Secretary Tristan Azbej said the program not only helped persecuted people stay in their homeland, but “sometimes it was successful in reversing migration”.
Since 2017, Hungary Helps has launched over 170 projects in 50 countries, providing humanitarian aid, supporting reconstruction works and helping to preserve Christian communities in crisis regions.
Hungary’s aid has greatly contributed to the survival of Christians persecuted by the Islamic State or jihadist forces in Syria and Iraq.
Hungary has the largest Jewish community in central Europe, and its members can walk down the street safely and its institutions are working well.
Climate change was badly impacting the biosphere of Africa’s Sub-Saharan region, while the technologies offered through the Hungary Helps scheme could help slow down those trends.
The author serves as state secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and for the Hungary Helps Program of the Prime Minister’s Office.
Tristan Azbej has called the Black Lives Matter (BLM) network a far-left and an anti-Christian movement.
"I still have faith that one day the dignity of these communities will be worth as much in your eyes…"