FM: Slovenian Minority in Hungary Should Get a Parliament Seat

Szentgotthard, 21 February - Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel said on Wednesday that pressure had to be applied so that the Slovenian minority in Hungary would get a representative in the Hungarian parliament.

Hungary, Szentgotthard Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) meeting Slovenian ambassador to Hungary Ladislav Lipic (middle) and Joze Hirnoek, the head of the Association of Slovenians in Hungary. Photo: Dejan Fujs/STA

Hungary, Szentgotthard
Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) meeting Slovenian ambassador to Hungary Ladislav Lipic (middle) and Joze Hirnoek, the head of the Association of Slovenians in Hungary.
Photo: Dejan Fujs/STA

Hungary, Szentgotthard Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (left) at a meeting with Marko Sotlar, Slovenian consul general in Szentgotthard, Hungary (right). Photo: Dejan Fujs/STA

Hungary, Szentgotthard
Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (left) at a meeting with Marko Sotlar, Slovenian consul general in Szentgotthard, Hungary (right).
Photo: Dejan Fujs/STA

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