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István Mikola holds talks with Turkmenistan’s Minister of Economy and Development
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 19, 2017 3:01 PM
The third session of the Hungary-Turkmenistan Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) on Economic Cooperation was held in Ashgabat on 15-16 June 2017, chaired by Minister of State for Security Policy and International Cooperation Dr. István Mikola and Turkmenistan’s Minister of Economy and Development Batir Bazarov.
Negotiations should begin with the United States on the Paris climate agreement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 16, 2017 10:44 AM
“Instead of continuously criticizing and attacking the U.S. President, Hungary is strongly urging the international community to begin negotiations with the United States on the conditions under which it would at least be prepared to take part in the Paris climate agreement”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI by telephone on Thursday.
The EU should reward countries that are acting responsibly with relation to the migration crisis
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 15, 2017 11:56 AM
"The European Union should reward countries that are acting responsibly in handling the migration crisis, and accordingly closer cooperation should also be developed with the Republic of Cape Verde”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Wednesday in Budapest.
Knowing the identity of foreign financers is a legitimate demand
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 15, 2017 11:30 AM
According to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, the Hungarian people have a legitimate need to know the identities of the foreign financers of non-governmental organisations.
When will the European Commission finally concern itself with the deaths of hundreds of innocent people?
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 14, 2017 6:02 PM
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade criticised Brussels on Wednesday for not concerning itself with the threat of terrorism, while it is instituting infringement procedures against Hungary and two other Central-European countries in the quota case.
Historic economic cooperation agreement concluded with the State of Indiana
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 14, 2017 4:35 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said it was historically significant from the perspective of the Hungarian economy that the Hungarian Government had for the first time concluded an economic cooperation agreement with one of the states of the United States of America, and that Hungary is the first country to conclude an agreement of this nature with the Midwestern U.S. state of Indiana.
Bilateral trade flow with Indiana could increase several fold
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 14, 2017 12:34 PM
“There are several common points between the State of Indiana and Hungary”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Parliamentary State Secretary, László Szabó said on Tuesday in Budapest at the Hungary-Indiana business forum, after which he told the press that there are already several investors from Indiana present in Hungary and he hopes bilateral trade flow will be successfully increased several fold in future.
We will resist the European Commission’s blackmail attempts
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 14, 2017 10:54 AM
“It is pure blackmail on the part of the European Commission that it is launching infringement proceedings against member states that are unwilling to implement the decision to introduce a quota for the mandatory resettlement of illegal immigrants. Hungary will resist this and will not allow entry to a single illegal immigrant”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Hungarian M1 television’s Wednesday morning current affairs program.
We are not going to yield to European Commission’s blackmail
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 13, 2017 1:02 PM
The Hungarian Government considers it blackmail and un-European behaviour that the European Commission intends to institute infringement proceedings against the Member States which are not prepared to implement the quota decision on the mandatory resettlement of illegal immigrants, Péter Szijjártó stated in Parliament, stressing: the Cabinet is not going to yield to blackmail.
Visegrád unity is crystal clear on the topic of migration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 13, 2017 9:03 AM
“Visegrád unity is crystal clear on the topic of migration, which is the most important issue with relation to the European Union, and the 2015 decision on mandatory quotas violated the EU treaties”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in Warsaw at a press conference held jointly with Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski.