“Migration is a bad and dangerous phenomenon, but it can be stopped”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed at an election forum in Budapest on Thursday.
The fifth session of the Hungarian-Indian Joint Committee for Economic Cooperation was held in New Delhi on 6-7 March 2018 and was co-chaired by Minister of State for Cultural and Science Diplomacy István Íjgyártó and his Indian counterpart, Secretary for Industrial Policy and Promotion Ramesh Abhishek. At the meeting, the parties reviewed the current state of economic cooperation and possible directions for its further development.
The South Korean company SK Innovation will build a plant manufacturing batteries for use in electric cars in the industrial park in Komárom with an investment worth HUF 97.5 billion, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said at the ceremony launching the construction works.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó held talks with President of the Transcarpathian Hungarian Cultural Association (KMKSZ) László Brenzovics in Budapest on Thursday; according to the Minister, the Ukrainian authorities must guarantee the security of Transcarpathian Hungarians.
“Hungary is a committed supporter of the Eastern Partnership Programme, meaning it is continuing to support the efforts of countries that were previously regarded as “Eastern” and which are committed to the European perspective in the strongest possible terms”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó made absolutely clear to his negotiating partners during his official visit to Chisinau, he said in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI.
“The success of the companies operating in Hungary depends on how they link their production activities to digitalisation”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed on Tuesday in Székesfehérvár following a meeting with the directors of the city’s leading enterprises.
According to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has declared war on Viktor Orbán and Hungarian migration policy, but the Hungarian Government will “take up the gauntlet”, will fight this battle, and will not allow a single illegal immigrant into Hungary.
During a working visit to Tokyo on 3-8 March 2018, Deputy State Secretary for Foreign Economic Affairs Dr. Petra Pana took part in the FOODEX JAPAN 2018 International Food Industry Exhibition, at which Hungarian food industry enterprises were on show with a larger than ever before national pavilion.
“This latest investment also assures that Hungary will remain the European bastion of the automotive industry, despite major competition for investment on the continent and throughout the world”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó emphasised on Tuesday in Székesfehérvár at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Arconic-Köfém Limited’s new 137 million dollar, 17 thousand square metre production hall.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó discussed transport links with Romanian Minister of Transport Lucian Şova in Budapest on Tuesday, the Ministry said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI.