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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol 2, No. 212, 3 November 1998
HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER GREETS SLOVAK COUNTERPART. In a
letter addressed to new Slovak Prime Minister Mikulas
Dzurinda, Viktor Orban wrote "we hope that the
inauguration of the cabinet headed by you will open new
perspectives for the many-sided development of
Hungarian-Slovak relations," Hungarian media reported on
3 November. Orban also wrote that the inclusion of
ethnic Hungarian representatives in the Slovak
government will facilitate ensuring the rights and needs
of the Hungarian minority. Orban expressed his readiness
to meet with Dzurinda in the near future. MSZ
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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol 2, No. 213, 4 November 1998
INTERNAL DIVISIONS GROW WITHIN HUNGARIAN DEMOCRATIC
FORUM. Hungarian Democratic Forum spokesman Karoly
Herenyi told "Magyar Hirlap" on 3 November that the
party rules out cooperating with just the Socialists,
the Free Democrats, and the Workers' Party, and is
prepared to hold talks with other groups, including the
extreme right Hungarian Justice and Life Party (MIEP).
The four candidates running for the party's presidency
on 19 December are incumbent Chairman Sandor Lezsak,
former Prime Minister Peter Boross, incumbent Justice
Minister Ibolya David, and former Justice Minister
Istvan Balsai. According to the Budapest daily, the
party's options are to proceed toward a union with the
major coalition partner, the Federation of Young
Democrats-Hungarian Civic Party, to approach the MIEP,
or to pursue its own policies. MSZ
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