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Dortmund attack: Europe needs to take the terrorist threat seriously
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 12, 2017 5:32 PM
“Europe needs to take the terrorist threat seriously and its politics must concentrate on restoring order”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed on Wednesday in Warsaw, referring to the bomb attack on the Borussia Dortmund football team’s coach.
Our region’s EU member states must comply with European energy security regulations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 12, 2017 3:27 PM
“The Hungarian Presidency of the V4, which commences in July, will also concentrate on ensuring that the region’s EU member states comply with European energy security regulations”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in Warsaw on Wednesday.
Hungary concludes Economic Cooperation Agreement with Pakistan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 12, 2017 2:59 PM
Deputy State Secretary for Opening to the South Szilveszter Bus visited Pakistan, an important partner in South Asia, on 11-12 April, 2017. Besides holding the latest round of political consultations with Additional Foreign Secretary Mr. Zaheer A. Janjua, Mr. Bus met with Minister of Finance Ishaq Dar and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Tariq Fatemi. Deputy State Secretary Bus and Secretary Tariq Mahmood Pasha signed an Agreement on Economic Cooperation in the presence of Pakistan’s Minister of Finance, which enables the establishment of the Hungary-Pakistan Joint Economic Committee. While in Islamabad, Mr. Bus also met with leading figures of the political and business community at an event organised by Mr. Nasser Jaffer, head of the Karachi-based partner office of the Hungarian National Trading House.
Minister of State for Economic Diplomacy asks Romania to conform to international environmental norms
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 12, 2017 10:55 AM
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Minister of State Levente Magyar has asked Romania to conform to international environmental norms”, the Ministry said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday.
Nordic Green Light
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 11, 2017 2:17 PM
Transformation to a competitive “green” and low-carbon economy is a major challenge for most countries. It can only be achieved through cooperation across borders, exchange of fresh ideas and best practice, and new investments. The EU “Europe 2020” strategy points a way forward for the member countries but also for their partners.
The Hungarian Government will provide everyone with the information they require
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 10, 2017 4:01 PM
“The Hungarian Government is happy to assist everyone if they require information with relation to the legislative amendments”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said with reference to the amendment of the Act on Higher Education and the proposed Bill on the transparency of organisations that receive money from abroad.
40 million euro Hungarian food industry investment in Mélykút
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 10, 2017 3:59 PM
“Hunent Zrt is building a new waterfowl processing plant in the Bács-Kiskun County town of Mélykút with an investment of some 12.5 billion forints (40 million euros) and the creation of 350 new jobs”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced.
The Government is asking it Ukrainian partners to refrain from harassing Hungarian institutions in Subcarpathia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 9, 2017 7:00 PM
“The Hungarian Government is requesting in the strongest possible terms that its Ukrainian partners ask its authorities to refrain from harassing Hungarian institutions in Subcarpathia, and that legislators in Kiev do not introduce laws that represent a step back with regard to minority rights”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Minister of State for Economic Diplomacy declared in Munkács (Mukacseve) on Friday.
Hungary condemns terrorist attack against Egyptian church
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 9, 2017 5:22 PM
The Government of Hungary strongly condemns today’s terror attack during Mass in the Mar Guirguis Church in Tanta, Egypt, which claimed the lives of at least 15 people and injured over 40 others. We hereby express our deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wish the injured a speedy recovery.
An American-Russian accord is needed, but this is something we are currently very far from
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 7, 2017 2:12 PM
“The Syrian conflict cannot be resolved without an American-Russian accord, but this is what we are currently furthest away from”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told reporters on Friday after the United States launched a missile strike against a target in Syria.