House speaker expresses condolences over Abe’s death
House Speaker Laszlo Kover has expressed condolences over the death of Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister.
In a letter to Hiroyuki Hosoda, his Japanese counterpart, Kover remembered Abe as a “great politician with foresight”, recalling a meeting with him in Japan in 2016.
“With his death, Japan has lost an outstanding politician and Hungary an understanding and good friend,” he added.
Abe was assassinated on Friday.