They attack foreign affairs because it helps.

Tamás Menczer, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responded in a Facebook video to the news that the Ministry awards its employees 10 kilos of potatoes and “good quality apples from Szabolcs” for their work this year.

Menczer says the State Department is “helping troubled farmers in Szabolcs” by purchasing their crop and distributing it as a premium.

“We buy from farmers who cannot sell the products in the current difficult situation,” says the secretary of state, urging the left and the press not to attack the State Department for helping.

Menczer did not elaborate on why they couldn’t sell the chips and apples. It has not yet been revealed how many kilos of potatoes Minister Peter Peter and the secretary of state’s premium will pay for this year.


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