Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Péter Szijjártó

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

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We have the EU to thank for all of the migration risks around Europe

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 9, 2020 8:49 AM

“There are three highly major migrations risks around Europe today, and unfortunately we have the European Union to thank for all of them”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Thursday in Bratislava.

Without the Visegrád Group, Europe would be lesser, weaker and more dangerous

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 8, 2020 3:08 PM

“Without the Visegrád Group, Europe would be a lesser, weaker and more dangerous place”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Thursday in Bratislava during a speech at the Globsec security policy forum.

Hungary is a frontrunner in the fight against climate change

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 7, 2020 3:26 PM

“Hungary is a frontrunner in the fight against climate change, and this is something we can state without any kind of arrogance or exaggeration”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Győr at the logistics centre of Audi Hungaria Zrt., at the official inauguration of Europe’s largest roof solar panel park.

Peter Szijjártó receives US-Hungary Business Council delegation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 7, 2020 12:18 PM

“The American corporate executives expressed particular praise with relation to the government’s Economy Protection Action Plan”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday after receiving a delegation from the US-Hungary Business Council (USHBC) in Budapest.

The V4 are coordinating their steps in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 5, 2020 9:00 PM

“In view of the fact that the coronavirus epidemic that is affecting the whole world is posing new challenges for everyone, the countries of the Visegrád Group (V4) wish to tighten their cooperation even further with relation to protecting against the virus”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Monday in Prague following his talks with Czech Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček.

It must be made clear that the EU can only be entered legally

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 5, 2020 8:29 AM

“The European Union must make it clear that its territory can only be entered legally, because until it does so pressure on the Hungarian and Greek borders will not cease”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Friday in Budapest.

Hungarian Consulate opens in Nuremberg

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 2, 2020 9:43 PM

The new Hungarian Consulate in Nuremberg was officially opened on Friday. The ceremony was also attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó.

International Jewish organisations praise Hungary’s role in the Middle Eastern settlement

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 2, 2020 2:52 PM

On 29 September 2020, State Secretary for Security Policy Péter Sztáray took part in a virtual meeting with leaders of American and international Jewish organisations. The event is traditionally held on the sidelines of the high-level week of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In view of the pandemic situation, this year’s meeting was held in online form.