Shortcuts
- AHF Follow-up Meeting with Ambassador Bell
- AHF Open Letter to Ambassador Bell
- AHF January 6, 2015 Meeting with Ambassador Bell
- AHF March 29, 2014 Statement (Reaction to the March 10, 2014 letter of former presidents of the American Foreign Service Association concerning recent ambassadorial nominees.)
- AHF January 17, 2014 Statement (in connection with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearings)
12/3/2015 – American Hungarian Federation has follow-up meeting with Ambassador Colleen Bell… During his stay in Budapest, Mr. Koszorus also met with United States Ambassador Colleen Bell. The purpose of the meeting wasto follow up on AHF’s November 4, 2015 letter toAmbassador Bell in which AHF suggested that U.S. interests – promotion of democracy and human rights, strategic and economic — may not always be served by public criticisms which are perceived by the man-on-the-street in Hungary, whether a supporter of the government or not, to be demeaning and humiliating. [read more]
11/4/2015 – American Hungarian Federation Submits Open letter to Ambassador Bell in which AHF suggested that U.S. interests – promotion of democracy and human rights, strategic and economic – may not always be served by public criticisms which are perceived by the man-on-the-street in Hungary. “In the spirit of continuing our candid dialogue that we began at our meeting with you at the State Department before you assumed your post, we write on behalf of the American Hungarian Federation (“AHF”) in connection with your address in which you voiced serious criticism of Hungary’s policies at a lecture you gave at the Budapest Corvinus University on October 28.” [read more]
1/15/2015 – Federation leaders meet with new US Ambassador to Hungary Colleen Bell and Hungarian Desk Officer Ivan Weinstein. American Hungarian Federation leaders, including president Frank Koszorus, Jr., Esq. and International Committee members Paul Kamenar, Esq., Drs. Imre Nemeth and Louis Segesvary, met with Ambassador Colleen Bell and Hungarian Desk Officer Ivan Weinstein. [read more]
Left to Right: Paul Kamenar; Hungarian Ambassador Gyorgy Szapary; Ambassador Designate Colleen Bell; AHF President, Frank Koszorus
3/29/2014 – AHF issues Statement in reaction to the March 10, 2014 letter of former presidents of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) concerning recent ambassadorial nominees: We welcome the nomination of Ambassador-Designate Colleen Bradley-Bell and trust that she will work tirelessly to advance American/Hungarian relations. Members of the Hungarian American community believe that U.S. ambassadors to Hungary, whether career Foreign Service Officers or political appointees, should be genuinely interested in the country, the Hungarian nation and its history, accomplishments, and hopes and fears. [read more]
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[Watch] the Senate confirmation hearing of Ambassador-designate Colleen Bradley Bell
01/17/2014 – AHF releases statement in connection with Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearings of US Ambassador to Hungary designate Colleen Bradley Bell. “[we] welcome the nomination of Ambassador-Designate Bell. We trust that she will take concrete steps to change the perception of a lack of evenhandedness and a double standard in the treatment of Hungary which, if not adequately addressed, may undermine both U.S. diplomatic and strategic interests in Hungary and the region,” said Federation president Frank Koszorus, Jr. [read more]
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