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Hungarian PM mourns Charlie Hebdo victims, joins Paris commemoration

Xinhua, January 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday mourned the victims of the massacres at the Paris satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and at a Paris supermarket, before he left for Paris to participate in the rally honoring them.

"Today, the world is paying its respects to the victims," Orban said in a statement issued on the government website, adding "We Hungarians share the pain of the French."

Orban went on to say that the people of Europe and the freedom and lifestyle of Europeans were under attack. "We cannot ignore this, and Europe needs to be able to protect itself," he continued.

"At the same time, it has become clear that current European policy cannot protect the people of Europe. What we need is a new policy, Europe needs new protective barriers and stabilizers to avert the quakes and tremors jeopardizing security," Orban said.

"Hungary," he added, "is committed to defending European values" and is ready to cooperate with all political forces that propose solutions and are ready to fight the new threats.

Orban is one of the over 40 world leaders attending the Paris march which began on Sunday afternoon.

In all, 17 people were killed in the violence at Charlie Hebdo magazine offices and a kosher supermarket in France. Endit