Hungary
and the United States cooperate to provide aid for religious minorities
in Iraq that had survived genocide, Tristan Azbej, the state secretary
in charge of the Hungary Helps aid program, told public news channel m1 on Monday.
It is important to translate commitment for persecuted Christians into action, Azbej said.
Hungary
and the US cooperate in rebuilding Qaraqosh, in northern Iraq, which
was occupied by the terrorist organization Islamic State in 2014, and
liberated by the US army in 2016, Azbej said. Both countries also aid
the Yazidis, another persecuted community, so they can remain in their
homeland, he added.
Azbej noted that
the US looked to the Hungary Helps scheme as an example when launching
its aid program for persecuted Christians.
Azbej
said freedom of religion was a focus point on the National Prayer
Breakfast held in Washington, DC, on 5-6 February. Among the 3,000
guests attending were also Hungarian politicians of both the ruling and
opposition parties, he added.
