Hungarian FM: We Oppose Anti-Israel Bias in UN, EU

"Budapest is committed to combating anti-Israel bias in the United Nations and the European Union, the country's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told The Jerusalem Post.

'On many occasions I feel that both in the UN and the EU that there are biased positions against Israel,' he said on Thursday...

Upgrading bilateral ties would lead to an increase in EU-Israeli economic cooperation, something that would be helpful to the EU's economy which is losing its competitive edge, he said.

His country, Szijjarto said, has also worked with Israel behind the scenes at the UN and the EU to halt biased actions against the Jewish state. It is among the bloc of EU countries that often abstains on significant votes.

At the UN Human Rights Council, where Hungary is one of the 47 members, 'we were in a continuous coordination and cooperation with your authorities,' he said.

Hungary is one of three countries that have spoken out against EU consumer guidelines to label settlement products as 'not made in Israel.'

'We made it very clear that we do not apply that. We are absolutely against it. We find that it is unacceptable,' he said. 'If you pose the question, does it bring us closer to a solution, [the answer is] definitely not. Then why do we do it, why do we endanger the jobs of Palestinian people?' Szijjarto asked..."