Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been criticised for sporting a shawl that incorporates a historic map of "Better Hungary".
Orbán was pictured sporting the garment at a soccer match between Hungary and Greece in Budapest on Sunday.
The headscarf options the borders of Hungary's former kingdom, which incorporates modern-day Austria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine.
Orbán's choice to show the map at a public occasion has been criticised by two of Hungary's European neighbours.
The Romanian overseas ministry expressed its "agency disapproval" and accused the Hungarian Prime Minister of "revisionism".
"Any manifestation of a revisionist nature, whatever the kind it takes, is unacceptable and opposite to present realities and the commitments collectively undertaken by Romania and Hungary," a assertion learn.
"This angle is in clear distinction with the environment of openness and revival of bilateral dialogue proven throughout current consultations."
The Ukrainian Overseas Ministry stated on Tuesday that it's going to summon the Hungarian ambassador to Ukraine over the matter.
"The promotion of revisionist concepts in Hungary doesn't contribute to the event of Ukrainian-Hungarian relations and doesn't correspond to the ideas of European politics," ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko wrote on Fb.
"The Hungarian ambassador will likely be invited to the Ukrainian overseas ministry and made conscious of the unacceptability of Viktor Orbán's actions."
Nikolenko additionally stated Kyiv anticipated an "official apology" from Budapest for violating its "territorial integrity".
Orbán has beforehand invoked ire from Hungary's neighbours by sharing photographs of "Better Hungary" on social media.
"Soccer will not be politics, let's not see what will not be there," he wrote on Fb on Tuesday. "The Hungarian nationwide group is the group of all Hungarians, wherever they stay."
Maps of the historic area embrace the territories that Hungary misplaced in 1920 underneath the Treaty of Trianon, after World Conflict I.
The lack of two-thirds of its land is taken into account to be a nationwide tragedy by a big a part of Hungarian society. Maps of "Better Hungary" have additionally been displayed at far-right rallies.
Romanian MEP Alin Mituța described Orbán's behaviour as "irresponsible" amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the "annexation" of territory.
"It is a revisionist gesture that places Orban alongside Putin, who additionally goals of border adjustments," Mituța wrote on Twitter. "He needs to be sanctioned and remoted by EU leaders within the European Council."
Orbán has beforehand been accused of upsetting tensions over the big ethnic Hungarian group, who stay within the Romania area of Transylvania.
"Europe is dealing with its largest safety and financial challenges for the reason that finish of the Second World Conflict," Czech overseas minister Jan Lipavský wrote on Twitter.
"Unity and cooperation between EU international locations is now essential. Provocation by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is unacceptable."
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