Hungarian Minister accuses the West of hypocrisy towards persecuted Christians
Eighty percent of religious killings around the world committed against Christians, which is why they are "the most vulnerable" religious community, said on Tuesday Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó .
Speaking at the edge of the session of the UN Council for Human Rights in Geneva, Szijjarto the Hungarian news agency MTI said by phone that "the West does not want to say publicly from some hypocritical reasons and have not taken any measures to protect the Christians."
Hungary rejects the idea of "anti-Christianity as the last acceptable form of discrimination," he said.
He added that the government in Budapest is committed to fighting against Christianophobia, the persecution of Christians in the world and giving the persecuted Christians help as far as possible.
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