In meeting with Hungarian counterpart, Sa’ar thanks Budapest for opposing ICC warrant for PM
Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel

Hungary reiterates its invitation to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit, vowing not to enforce the ICC arrest warrant issued last year for the Israeli leader.
During a diplomatic visit to Budapest, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar thanks Hungary for its stance, saying at a joint press conference with his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó that the ICC “is political and corrupt… it is unprecedented for the ICC to turn against a democratic country that is fighting terrorism, that is acting in accordance with international law and the rule of law.”
Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated after the warrants were issued that Hungary would not enforce them and invited Netanyahu to visit.
Szijjártó says at the press conference that the invitation to Netanyahu still stands, and criticizes the ICC for its decision, saying that “this ruling discredits the ICC and raises questions about its future cooperation with Hungary.”
Sa’ar says he also discussed Hungarian-Israeli hostage Omri Miran, who is still held captive in Gaza and is not on the list of 33 hostages slated for release in the first stage of the deal that began Sunday.
In a statement on social media, Szijjártó says the ceasefire agreement appears to be working and “this means that the captive Hungarian hostage has a chance to be released!”
Sa’ar was slated to visit Hungary last week following a trip to Italy, but he cut his travels short to return to Israel in order to take part in the cabinet vote on the ceasefire-hostage release deal.