[8th April, 2003]

Slovak Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan on 7 April told the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Slovak parliament that his government will not sign the bilateral treaty on the implementation of the Status Law outside Hungary's borders, the Hungarian daily "Nepszabadsag" reported the next day. Kukan said that while the Slovak Foreign Ministry is still studying the draft amendment to the Status Law that was sent by Hungary on 14 March, there are still elements in the changed documents that are discriminatory and therefore unacceptable to Slovakia. He also said that if the Hungarian parliament chooses to pass the draft law despite Slovakia's objections, his government will take appropriate measures to prevent its implementation. MSZ

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