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Hungary requests installation of long-term OSCE observers in Transcarpathia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 7, 2017 5:11 PM
Hungary is initiating the installation of long-term OSCE observers in Transcarpathia, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Vienna.
The Hungarian Government is sticking to its migration policy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 7, 2017 3:41 PM
“No hearing or application of pressure will dissuade the Hungarian Government from representing the standpoint of the Hungarian people; the Cabinet will stick to its migration policy”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference in Brussels following the hearing of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on Thursday, the main topic of which was the state of the rule of law in Hungary.
The decision on the mandatory resettlement quota is impossible to implement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 7, 2017 2:49 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said the decision on the mandatory resettlement quota was “unimplementable” at his press conference in Brussels on Thursday, in response to the fact that the infringement proceedings launched against Hungary for rejecting the refugee quotas are moving forward into their court stage.
We are in a major dispute concerning a key issue that determines the future of Europe
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 7, 2017 1:09 PM
“Hungary is in a major dispute with the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) with relation to illegal immigration, which is a key determining issue from the perspective of the continent’s future”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at the body’s session in Brussels on Thursday.
Hungarian-Algerian relations on the road to success
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 7, 2017 9:31 AM
Minister of State for Public Administration and Co-Chair of the Hungarian-Algerian Joint Committee for Economic Cooperation Dr. Csaba Balogh was on an official to Algiers on 4-5 December. In addition to co-chairing the session of the Joint Economic Committee, the Minister of State also held meetings with Algeria’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, as well as holding negotiations on topics relating to agriculture and sport.
Hungary highly appreciates Sudan’s role in curbing the wave of African migration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 7, 2017 8:06 AM
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Minister of State for Security Policy and International Cooperation met with several Ministers in Sudan, where he signed agreements on agriculture, healthcare and education. István Mikola highlighted: Hungary highly appreciates Sudan’s stability and the role it has played in slowing the wave of migration from Africa, and hopes this will continue in future.
Migration represents a major security challenge for Europe
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 6, 2017 2:22 PM
“The terrorist attacks committed in Europe during the course of the past two years prove that migration represents the most serious security challenge for Europe”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in the recess of the two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels on Wednesday.
Ukraine has violated its NATO commitments
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 6, 2017 2:21 PM
“By seriously violating minority rights and adopting the new Education Act, in addition to contravening its commitments towards the European Union, Ukraine has also failed to fulfil its NATO commitments”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Wednesday in Brussels in the recess of the two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers.
Europe’s security requires strong cooperation between the United States and the European Union
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 6, 2017 12:09 PM
“Europe’s security and competitiveness requires strong cooperation between the United States and the European Union, including in the fight against terrorism”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Tuesday after taking part in a joint working lunch with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, and the foreign ministers of the European Union’s 28 member states.
New short film on Visegrád Cooperation to mark the Hungarian Presidency of the V4
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, December 6, 2017 12:08 PM
The new promotional video showcases the Visegrád Cooperation in the spirit of the Hungarian Presidency’s motto: “V4 Together”, and was commissioned by the Public Foundation for the Research of Central and Eastern European History and Society, which is involved in realising the 2017-2018 Hungarian Presidency of the Visegrád Group (V4).