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Continental to establish new software development centre in Budapest
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 30, 2018 3:49 PM
“German automotive industry Continental is establishing a new software development centre in Budapest that will employ one hundred engineers; the Hungarian Government is providing 1.37 billion forints (EUR 4.4 million) in funding towards the realisation of the 5.5 billion forint (EUR 17.75 million) project”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced.
The Hungarian Government wants migration to be stopped, not promoted
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 29, 2018 3:48 PM
“In addition to its content, the statement by António Guterres also raises major legitimacy problems”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Kossuth Radio’s “Sunday Papers” morning show.
The Government rejects the UN Secretary General’s claims with relation to migration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 26, 2018 11:11 AM
“The Government rejects the UN Secretary General’s statement on migration, because according to Hungary’s standpoint migration must be stopped, not supported”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to public media on Thursday.
There must be a legal guarantee that the Ukrainian Government will consult with Transcarpathian Hungarians
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 24, 2018 2:58 PM
“There must be a legal guarantee that Ukraine will not begin implementing the new Education Act until an agreement has been reached with the local Hungarian community with relation to it”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Wednesday in Paris, where he held talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and U.S. Secretary of State Wess Mitchell within the framework of an extraordinary Hungarian-Ukrainian-American trilateral meeting.
The Paks project is beginning according to schedule
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 24, 2018 9:22 AM
“Despite Austria’s protests, construction of the two new blocks of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant will begin in February according to the predetermined schedule”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó confirmed in a statement to the TASS news agency.
Péter Szijjártó to meet his Ukrainian counterpart and the U.S. Secretary of State
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 24, 2018 8:44 AM
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó will be taking part in an extraordinary Hungarian-Ukrainian-American trilateral meeting in Paris on Wednesday, during which he will be holding talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and U.S. Secretary of State Wess Mitchell.
MOL awarded new hydrocarbon exploration and extraction permits in Norway
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 23, 2018 2:29 PM
“Hungarian oils and gas company MOL has been awarded new hydrocarbon exploration and extraction licences in Norway, meaning it now has permits with relation to 20 hydrocarbon fields, as a result of which it could significantly reinforce the position of Europe’s hydrocarbon market”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday following negotiations in Tromsø, Norway.
Libya’s instability represents a risk to Europe’s security
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 22, 2018 6:32 PM
“Until there is unity and stability in Libya and the protection of its southern border is resolved, a major risk will continue to exist with relation to Europe’s security”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in Brussels on Monday in the recess of a meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Cooperation with Australia represents a major competitive advantage
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 22, 2018 1:49 PM
“Cooperation with Australia represents a major competitive advantage for the V4”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Friday in Budapest.
We have not taken in a single migrant
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, January 22, 2018 11:21 AM
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed the difference between mass illegal immigration and taking in refugees in accordance with the Geneva Convention in an interview published in Saturday’s edition of Hungarian daily Magyar Hírlap. “We have not allowed in a single migrant, and we will not be allowing in any migrants”, the Minister declared.