“The Budapest Process will be a symbol of the stopping of the pro-immigration forces”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Saturday.

Confirming the article on the Budapest Process published in Hungarian business magazine Figyelő, the Minister said that at next Wednesday’s session in Istanbul, the Hungarian Government will not allow the process named after its capital to be a platform for bringing more migrants into Europe.

“As has become the norm in the recent period, the meeting will be a clash between the pro-immigration and antiimmigration forces”, he stressed.

“It is also evident in this case that George Soros and his network, and UN officials and Brussels, want to use the Budapest Process to launch new waves of migration towards Europe”, he explained.

“At the end of the session, they will be wanting to adopt a resolution that talks about the need to open new routes for migration”, the Foreign Minister said, highlighting that the Hungarian Government opposes this in the strongest possible terms.

“A clash can be expected in view of the fact that ever since the UN was unsuccessful in having the Global Compact for Migration unanimously adopted, they have been trying to push through the contents of the document in parts in various international organisations and at various meetings”, he stated.

“They also want to use the Budapest Process for this purpose, and accordingly there will be a major debate, but the Hungarian Government and countries that occupy an anti-immigration stance will not be adopting this new resolution aimed at facilitating migration either”, Mr. Szijjártó said in assessment.

Within the Budapest Process, the participating countries focus on migration issues relating to the Silk Road region: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iraq and Iran. This cooperation, which was established in 1993 was named after the Hungarian capital because the first official meeting of the participating countries was held in Budapest. Today, a total of 52 states are taking part in the Budapest Process, and 7 countries have observer status, including the United States. Hungary is taking part in this cooperation as Co-Chair, and since 2006 the role of President has been played by Turkey.

(Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister/MTI)