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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights unfit and unworthy of his position
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 27, 2018 12:01 PM
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has become unfit and unworthy of the fulfilment of his responsibilities and of his position and must therefore resign with immediate effect, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on the Tuesday programme of the public service television news channel M1.
EU must engage in balanced policy in Middle East peace process
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 27, 2018 12:00 PM
The European Union must engage in a balanced policy regarding the Middle East conflict, and should therefore convene the next meeting of the EU-Israeli Association Council within the shortest possible time, Levente Magyar, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said at the Brussels meeting of EU Foreign Ministers held on Monday.
Péter Szijjártó calls on UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to resign
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 27, 2018 9:13 AM
During his speech at the 37th session of the UN’s Human Rights Council on Monday in Geneva, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid bin Ra'ad Al-Hussein, to immediately resign for accusing Prime Minister of Viktor Orbán of racism and xenophobia.
Hungary and the V4 support the acceleration of Western Balkan European integration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 26, 2018 11:13 AM
“The Visegrád Group continues to support the euro-Atlantic integration of the Western Balkans and is providing its unconditional support to the current Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the upcoming Austrian Presidency in the interest of accelerating this process”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed in Banja Luka, Bosnia, where he and the relative ministers of the Western Balkan countries gave joint speeches at a conference on the region’s EU enlargement.
Péter Szijjártó submits written protest to EU because of events at UN negotiations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 24, 2018 5:16 PM
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade has officially protested the fact that during the negotiations on the UN’s Compact for Migration the European Union put forward as a common EU standpoint something with regard to which there is no consensus between the 28 member states, in a letter to the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini.
Vojvodina Economic Development Programme to reach 250 million euro mark
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 23, 2018 5:40 PM
The Hungarian Government’s Vojvodina Economic Development Programme will be reaching the 250 million euro mark in 2018, which means the Government has kept its 2015 promise, according to which it will be providing a new vision of the future to the Hungarian community in Vojvodina within a short period of time and will be placing the Hungarian economy in Vojvodina onto new foundations”, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary, Levente Magyar said on Thursday in Bácskossuthfalva (Stara Moravica), where the Programme’s latest tenders were launched.
The EU’s maritime borders must also be protected
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 23, 2018 2:20 PM
“The European Union’s maritime borders must be defended in the same way as Hungary was capable of defending the EU’s external land borders”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Friday in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI rom Malta.
Hungarian automotive industry is competitive
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 23, 2018 1:16 PM
The Hungarian automotive industry is competitive; this is underlined by the fact that it sells 91.8 per cent of its production abroad, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said.
Győr-based Qualitative Production to expand its plant and to create 120 new jobs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 23, 2018 1:14 PM
The Hungarian-owned company Qualitative Production Gépipari és Kereskedelmi Zrt. is expanding its Győr metalworking and assembly plant by virtue of an investment worth HUF 6.2 billion, and will thereby create 120 new jobs, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced at a press conference.
Hungary and Australia agree on the issue of migration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, February 23, 2018 9:12 AM
“There is full agreement between Hungary and Australia on the issue of migration, and on the fact that preserving a country’s sovereignty, maintaining security, handling the causes of migration and strong border security are all important”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest following a meeting with his Australian counterpart.