Péter Szijjártó is in Washington D.C., where he met with two of President Donald Trump’s influential advisors. On Tuesday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade officially opened the new Hungarian Embassy and on Wednesday he will be participating in a summit of foreign ministers of the global coalition against terrorism.
On Thursday 16 March, the Embassy of Hungary screened a short documentary entitled “The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 - 60 years later. The 1956 Commemoration Season in the Netherlands” to a special audience in The Hague. The documentary was produced by Netherlands-based Hungarian filmmaker Csaba Bogádi and reflects upon eleven events that were organised throughout the Netherlands from August to November 2016 and attended by over 7000 visitors.
“The Hungarian Government will not change its policies despite the pressure it is being put under; to us, Hungary comes first”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday.
Hungary has proved to be an ideal production venue, and the next step is to render it the single most ideal research and development scene. The governmental decisions that are necessary for achieving this have already been adopted, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told the public service media on Monday at CeBit, the world’s largest IT exhibition and fair held in Hannover.
“We have performed all of the political work necessary to assure the success of Hungarian companies on the Georgian market, no open political issues remain between Hungary and Georgia”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Tbilisi following talks with Georgian leaders.
“German company ElringKlinger will be opening a new plant in Kecskemét with an investment of 21 million euros”, the automotive industry supplier’s financial director announced on Friday in Budapest.
Brussels’ migration policy which is based on half-solutions has failed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stated at his press conference held on Thursday in Budapest, in response to reports that Turkey is contemplating the termination of the agreement it concluded with the EU.
Minister of State for Security Policy and International Cooperation István Mikola took part in the meeting of the Visegrád Group (V4) and the countries of the Eastern Partnership (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Armenia and Ukraine), held in Minsk on 15 March 2017. During the summit, Mr. Mikola made speeches on the topics of cooperation in education, and connectivity and cross-border cooperation.
“Hungary will not tolerate double standards”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday.
“While maintaining our friendship and unconditional commitment towards Ukraine, we will make a stand in the strongest possible terms against any and all efforts to restrict or threaten with restriction the success and prosperity of Subcarpathian Hungarians and their continued existence as Hungarians”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Minister of State for Economic Diplomacy declared on Wednesday in Beregszász (Berehove) at a ceremony to commemorate Hungary’s 15 March national holiday.