(Euronews) Britain’s government has condemned comments made by Viktor Orban about Muslims and migrants on the eve of a bilateral meeting between the Hungarian leader and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
In a statement, No. 10 Downing Street said that Orban’s 2018 comment to a German newspaper about “Muslim invaders” and his later description of migrants as “a poison” were “divisive and wrong.”
It said that Johnson would not shy away from raising human rights issues with the Hungarian leader.
The comments came ahead [of] the meeting in London, Friday, between the two leaders as Hungary is set to take the presidency, later this year, of the so-called Visegrad group of Central European nations.
Britain’s opposition Labour Party said Orban’s visit undermined the values the UK government claims to defend.
