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Brussels has failed to guarantee European security
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 9, 2017 4:26 PM
“Instead of continuously criticising certain member states, the Brussels institutions should be dealing with trying to restore the security of Europe and the European people. NATO must assume a greater role in guaranteeing European security because of the failure of Brussels”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó emphasised in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday following a meeting of foreign ministers from NATO’s Central European members states (B9).
The external borders must be protected for the continued survival of the Schengen Area
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 9, 2017 1:15 PM
“The external borders must be protected for the continued survival of the Schengen Area”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI.
Péter Szijjártó travels to Ukraine to personally discuss the country’s new Education Act
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 9, 2017 1:13 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó will be travelling to Ungvár (Uzhhorod, Ukraine) on Monday to personally discuss the situation surrounding Ukraine’s new Education Act, the Ministry’s Deputy State Secretary for Communication and Parliamentary Coordination, Tamás Menczer informed Hungarian news agency MTI.
Hungary demands that the EU opens five new accession negotiation chapters with Serbia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 8, 2017 7:09 PM
“Serbia can serve as an example within the field of protecting the rights of minorities to several European Union countries, and countries that are waiting to become members of the EU, and as a sign of its appreciation Budapest not only asks, but demands that five new chapters are opened before the end of this year in the accession negotiations between the European Union and Serbia”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed on Friday in Belgrade following talks with Serbian Minister of European integration Jadranka Joksimović.
The whole nation is winning thanks to Hungary’s increasing strength
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 6, 2017 1:49 PM
“The whole nation is winning thanks to Hungary’s increasing strength, because the fact that Hungary has become a strong country and the Hungarian economy is on a stable growth trajectory is enabling both Hungarians living in Hungary and cross-border Hungarians to gain strength to an outstanding extent”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed n Friday in Szabadka (Subotica, Vojvodina), where the winners of tenders issued within the framework of the Hungarian Government’s Vojvodina Economic Stimulus Programme concluded contracts with the Programme’s organiser, the Prosperitati Foundation.
Hungary is in a situation it has no control over as regards importation of natural gas
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 6, 2017 8:27 AM
Central-Europe, and Hungary in it, is in a situation infrastructure-wise over which it has no control as regards the importation of natural gas, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told journalists on Thursday.
Hungary to conclude another long-term gas supply agreement with Gazprom beyond 2021
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 4, 2017 3:59 PM
Hungary will replace the contract to expire in 2021 with a new gas supply agreement with Gazprom. The Russian gas industry giant will store 900 million cubic metres of gas in Hungarian storage facilities for the winter months this year, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday in Moscow.
Rail plays a determining role in the implementation of foreign trade strategy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 4, 2017 10:46 AM
“Rail plays a determining role in the implementation of Hungarian foreign trade strategy”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed at a conference organised by the HUNGRAIL Hungarian Rail Association.
Maxon Motor Hungary Kft. to enlarge its plant in Veszprém
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 3, 2017 5:06 PM
The Hungarian subsidiary of the Swiss Maxon, Maxon Motor Hungary Kft. will extend its electromotor plant in Veszprém with an investment worth some HUF 4.2 billion, and the project will create 102 new jobs, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced at a press conference.
Hungarian exports continue to increase dynamically this year
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 3, 2017 10:50 AM
“Hungarian exports continue to increase dynamically this year, growing to 100 billion euros by the end of this year from 71 billion in 2010, an increase of almost fifty percent”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary, Levente Magyar said at the Hungarian Export Day foreign trade event on Monday in Budapest.