Warsaw summons Hungarian envoy to protest after Budapest grants two Poles asylum


WARSAW, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The Polish ‌Foreign Ministry has summoned the Hungarian ambassador after Budapest granted asylum ‌to two as-yet-unidentified Polish citizens, a spokesperson said on Friday, as ‌relations deteriorate between countries once seen as allies.

News website VSquare reported on Thursday that Budapest's delegation in Brussels had sent a letter to other countries' representatives saying it had granted asylum to ‍two Polish citizens. The letter, which was subsequently ‍published in Polish media, did ‌not identify the two Poles or explain why they were given asylum.

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