Romania finds unacceptable PM Orbán's wearing scarf with Greater Hungary map

The Romanian Foreign Ministry has expressed its strong disapproval to Hungary's ambassador in Bucharest over Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's scarf which he wore on November 20 night at the Hungary-Greece football match.

The scarf bears a map of Greater Hungary, which includes territories that became part of Romania as part of the Treaty at Trianon after the First World War, Caliber.Az reports, citing the Hungarian news website Telex.

In a video posted on his official social media page, Orbán congratulated Balázs Dzsudzsák, who is retiring from the Hungarian national football team, and the motif of Great Hungary is clearly visible.

According to the ministry, the Hungarian prime minister's gesture "clearly contradicts the openness towards the resumption of bilateral dialogue, which the Romanian foreign minister expressed during his recent visit to Budapest, both during his consultations with Orban and his Hungarian foreign minister".

At the same time, Romanian diplomacy stressed that it considers all forms of revisionist manifestations unacceptable as they are contrary to reality and to the mutual commitments made by Romania and Hungary to build bilateral relations, notably the Good Neighbourly Agreement signed in Timisoara on September 16, 1996, and the Strategic Partnership adopted two decades ago.