[5th November, 2004]
Hungarian Democratic Federation of Romania (UDMR) Chairman Bela Marko on 4 November called on voters in Hungary to back the granting of dual citizenship to members of Hungarian minorities abroad, Mediafax reported. A referendum on this proposal will take place in Hungary on 5 December. Marko spoke after talks in Cluj with Peter Kiss, head of Premier Ferenc Gyurcsany's chancellery. Kiss said the same day that after Romania joins the EU, Hungary intends to launch a program for supporting Hungarian minorities living in the Carpathian geographic area. He said that when the EU expands to include Romania, borders dividing Hungarians among different countries will disappear and the unity of the Hungarian nation will be restored. Kiss attended a conference in Cluj on local public administration. MS
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