At the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó will also be attending the signing ceremony of the peace agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in the White House on Tuesday, and will be the only minister present from the European Union.

In a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade press chief Máté Paczolay explained: The Minister will be holding bilateral talks in Washington, including with Senior Advisor to the President of the United States Jared Kushner, who undertook a significant role in the drawing up of the peace plan.

In a Facebook post on Sunday, Mr. Szijjártó emphasised: ““Hungary will continue to support efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East and will continue to stand up in support of the fair treatment of the region’s countries in international organisations”. “Since the White House drew up the schedule for the stabilisation of the region, this is already the second development confirming that this is the best peace plan developed to date, and that this is the one that offers the greatest chance for there to finally be peace in the Middle East”, he wrote in his post.

On 14 August, Donald Trump announced that Israel and the United Arab Emirates have concluded a peace agreement with the mediation of the United States. This means that the United Arab Emirates will become the third Arab state after Jordan and Egypt to establish diplomatic relations with Israel. On 11 September, Donald Trump announced that, following the example of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain has also come to an agreement with Israel on the normalisation of their relations, once again with the mediation of the United States.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade/MTI)