Hungarian govt says it didn't help ex Macedonia PM to leave homeland
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(15 Nov 2018) The Hungarian government on Thursday said that it did not assist the fugitive former prime minister of Macedonia in leaving his homeland. Gergely Gulyas, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff, said that Nikola Gruevski, who fled Macedonia to avoid a two-year prison term for corruption, declared his intent to file for asylum at an unnamed Hungarian diplomatic office outside Macedonia. Macedonia has called on Hungary to extradite Gruevski, who was prime minister from 2006-2016. Gulyas says authorities "did not have anything to do with" Gruevski fleeing Macedonia. Gulyas says that for security reasons, Gruevski was questioned at length in Budapest about his asylum request instead of at a border transit zone where most asylum-seekers wait for their requests to be evaluated. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/df821ae85edad752ae8d3af27df065d2
