The new head of the Hungarian embassy in Kyiv is MGIMO graduate Ontal Geyser, who previously headed embassies in Slovakia, Albania and Kazakhstan.
The Hungarian authorities, as part of the planned rotation, decided to change their ambassador to Ukraine. Ontal Geyser was appointed as the new representative of Budapest in Kyiv. This was reported by the Hungarian edition of HVG and European Truth, citing its own sources.
“The mandate of Ambassador Istvan Iydjarto, who is currently accompanying the visit of the Hungarian head of state to Kyiv, will end, he will be replaced by an experienced representative of the Foreign Ministry, Ontal Geyser,” HVG reported.
At the same time, the replacement of the ambassador is neither urgent nor unscheduled: the current head of the Hungarian embassy, Istvan Iydjarto, has been working in this position since the end of 2018, so the usual 4-year term for ambassadors about to expire.
It is noted that the candidate to replace him has not yet officially passed all the stages of coordination – in particular, on Monday he must be heard in the committee on foreign affairs of the Hungarian parliament, where there is a solid pro- government majority.
Ontal Geyser was a career diplomat, although he worked not only in diplomatic positions.
It is known that he studied at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO, where he received his diploma in 1986. This university is a major institution for the training of Russian (former Soviet) diplomats, has a limited number of foreign students and is known for its close ties to the Soviet-era KGB.
Despite the fact that Heizer was a diplomat and worked at the Foreign Ministry after returning from Moscow, in the 2000s he was appointed head of the National Office for Ethnic Minorities. In 2010, he returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an ambassador, heading the embassies in Slovakia, Albania and Kazakhstan.
It was earlier reported that Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto arrived in Russia for the Rosatom forum. Before that, Szijjarto called on EU leaders who support sanctions against the Russian Federation to resign.
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Source: korrespondent
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