Orban: successful policy abroad depends on country's strength

A successful policy for Hungarian communities abroad cannot be pursued unless the mother country is strong, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at the 16th Hungarian Permanent Conference in Budapest on Friday. "The mother country has gained in strength," Orban said. It has succeeded in creating an educational network and "intellectual hinterland" throughout the Carpathian basin, he added. A consensus has also been achieved when it comes to important questions such as citizenship, voting rights for Hungarians living beyond the border, and the autonomy of Hungarian minorities in neighbouring countries, he said.