Kover told local wire service MTI that he has sent a letter of protest to the US Senate after Republican Senator John McCain called Prime Minister Viktor Orban "a neo-fascist dictator", which came on the heels of a US visa ban against several Hungarian tax officials citing corruption.
Washington has employed similar policies against the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia, treating them as a tool in a bid to make its own brand of order "in the immediate hinterland behind the front lines", he said.
He added that some US foreign affairs decision-makers have communicated a negative opinion on Hungary whenever his Fidesz party was in power over the past 25 years.
"The tone may be more unusual and irrational now than earlier ... (and) as allies we expect to see a minimum of a correct attitude on America's part," Kover said, adding that the US holds the key to normalizing bilateral relations.
McCain called Orban a "neo-fascist dictator" on Tuesday while unsuccessfully trying to persuade the US Senate to reject Colleen Bell, President Barack Obama's nominee, to be the next US ambassador to Hungary.
He said Hungary was "a very important country where bad things are going on" following a series of events, including a statement by Orban in support of "illiberal democracy" in which he cited Russia and Turkey as an example.
On Saturday, Kover sent a letter to Vice US President Joe Biden, who is also president of the US Senate, charging McCain with "crude statements reminiscent of the tone used during the Cold War".
Source: Xinhua- globaltimes.cn
14/12/14
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