On Monday evening Head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister, Bertalan Havasi, informed kormany.hu that in a letter to President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán had expressed his shock at the bomb attack in Saint Petersburg.
In his letter to the Russian president, Mr. Orbán wrote the following: “Violent and incomprehensible attacks of this kind cause great pain to all nations, but they cannot and will not diminish our common commitment to combating terrorism. Mr. President, allow me to assure you of the support of Hungary and the Hungarian government in these difficult hours. My compatriots and I share in the grief of the victims’ families and wish the injured a speedy recovery.”