“With relation to the Ukrainian Education Act, Kiev must fully conform to the expectations of the European Union and the Venice Commission ‘if it is serious’ about its Euro-Atlantic aspirations”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Monday in the recess of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
“The security of the Middle East and Africa are extremely closely linked to Europe’s security; there continues to be a high level of instability in these regions, and this threatens to give rise to new waves of immigration in future”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó highlighted on Monday at a press conference held in the recess of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
“If the Hungarian Government were not practicing a policy of this nature with regard to immigration, Thursday’s hearing of the European Parliament(EP) Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) would not have taken place”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Kossuth Radio’s “Sunday Papers” program.
“The pressure on Ukraine is clearly increasing in view of the fact that on Friday two important international organisations also confirmed the Hungarian criticism of the Ukrainian Education Act”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Deputy State Secretary for Communication and Parliamentary Coordination Tamás Menczer said at a press conference in Budapest.
“The Hungarian standpoint with relation to the Ukrainian Education Act was put forward as a joint expectation towards Ukraine on the part of the European Union following Friday’s session of the EU-Ukraine Association Council in Brussels”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced following the meeting.
“According to Hungary’s standpoint, two conditions must be met to resolve the issue of the Ukrainian Education Act”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday in Vienna.
“The protection of Christian communities throughout the world must be reinforced because their situation is becoming increasingly difficult in many places”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Vienna.
“Hungary is asking for the deployment of permanent OSCE observers to Transcarpathia”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Vienna.
“By spending 800 million euros on border protection, Hungary has become the European state that is showing the greatest level of solidarity towards Germany”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday in Vienna.
On Thursday in Vienna Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told the Hungarian news agency MTI that by virtue of having spent EUR 800 million on the protection of its borders, Hungary has elevated itself to the status of European country sharing the most solidarity with Germany.