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Trip to Budapest harmed Slovakia’s diplomatic service
Current and former diplomats comment on visit of Finance Minister Igor Matovič to Budapest concerning Sputnik V.
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó (r) and Slovak Finance Minister Igor Matovič (l) talk during their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, April 9. (Source: AP/TASR)
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Both former and current ambassadors of Slovakia criticised the recent trip of Finance Minister Igor Matovič (OĽaNO) to Moscow and Budapest, where he travelled to discuss the Russian vaccine Sputnik V, and the effects it had on the Slovak diplomatic service since a representative of the Slovak embassy was absent.