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Hungary is expelling a Ukrainian consul in retaliation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 4, 2018 2:29 PM
“As a proportional response to Ukraine’s measure, Hungary is expelling a Ukrainian consul”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced at a press conference in Budapest on Thursday.
Ukraine has no legal basis for expelling the Hungarian Consul in Berehove
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 4, 2018 10:26 AM
“Ukraine has no legal basis for expelling the Hungarian Consul in Berehove, and accordingly Hungary will provide a response to such an act that corresponds to the principle of reciprocity”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in Moscow following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a press conference on another topic.
Success stories expected in Hungarian-Russian relations following years of decline
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 4, 2018 9:18 AM
“Following many years of decline, Hungarian-Russian relations will be characterised by success stories”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Wednesday following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.
Energy security is a question of sovereignty for Hungary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 3, 2018 1:29 PM
“The national energy mix and deciding the composition of energy sources falls within a national sphere of competence, and this must be respected”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in Moscow in his speech at the Russian Energy Week conference.
The two governments will be turning to the EC with relation to Croatian-Hungarian gas shipment tariffs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 2, 2018 4:01 PM
“By the end of next year the situation will be such as to allow the opportunity to ship natural gas from Croatia to Hungary, and accordingly the two governments will be turning to the European Commission in the interests of enabling the determination of fixed shipment tariffs in the event of a future agreement”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference in Budapest on Tuesday following a meeting with Croatian Minister of Environment and Energy Tomislav Ćorić.
The UN has not learned from the EU’s mistakes
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 2, 2018 1:01 PM
“The UN has not learned from the EU’s mistakes”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Hungarian M1 television’s current affairs program on Tuesday morning with relation to the UN Global Package for Migration.
The German President cannot accept the fact that Hungary will not be an immigrant country
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 2, 2018 11:00 AM
According to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is incapable of accepting the decision of the Hungarian people, according to which Hungary will not be an immigrant country.
The establishment of the Budapest-Warsaw high-speed railway link is the joint political will of the V4
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 1, 2018 1:42 PM
“The establishment of the Budapest-Bratislava-Brno-Warsaw high-speed railway link is the joint political will of the Visegrád Group (V4)”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in a statement to Hungarian public media from Štrbské Pleso (Csorbató, Slovakia) following a meeting of V4 (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) transport ministers in Monday.
The UN is preparing to provide the worst possible response to migration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 1, 2018 9:41 AM
“The United Nations could provide the worst possible response to the migration crisis with the adoption of its Global Compact for Migration, which is currently in preparation”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Kossuth Radio’s “Sunday Paper” show.
The Hungarian Foreign Minister cannot be intimidated
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 30, 2018 6:41 PM
“The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade cannot be intimidated in the dispute with Ukraine concerning dual citizenship”, the Ministry’s Minister of State for Information and Hungary’s International Image declared at a press conference in Budapest on Sunday.