However, the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs by his spokesman, Gábor Kaleta, circulated on 4 April 2014 To understand that an expansion of the Visegrád Group is not planned and thus rejected Zeman's offer to Slovenia and Austria.
Dagen efter meddelte Ungarns udenrigsministerium imidlertid ved sin talsmand, Gábor Kaleta, at der ikke er planlagt nogen udvidelse af Visegrádgruppen, og tilbageviste dermed Zemans tilbud til Slovenien og Østrig.