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Government initiates talks with Opel and its new owner
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 14, 2017 7:39 PM
The Hungarian Government will initiate a dialogue with the German car manufacturer company Opel and its new owner, the French PSA Group, in order to maintain or further enlarge their capacity in Hungary, the factory in Szentgotthárd, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told the Hungarian news agency MTI after his meeting with Opel’s executives held at the company’s headquarters in Rüsselsheim.
Cooperation between the EU and the countries of the Eastern Partnership must be tightened
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 10, 2017 2:43 PM
“The success of the Eastern Partnership Programme is extremely important from the point of view of the long-term security of Europe, and accordingly Cooperation between the EU and the countries of the Eastern Partnership must be tightened”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Friday in Budapest following talks with his Moldovan counterpart.
Hungary and Lithuania agree on the importance of protecting external borders
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 9, 2017 3:49 PM
“There is full agreement between Hungary and Lithuania regarding the fact that the external borders of the European Union must be protected, and there is also no debate concerning the fact that it would be best if the question of who is eligible to enter the EU were decided before entering the territory of the European Union”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI following talks in Lithuania on Thursday.
Church damaged in earthquake in Italy to be restored from Hungarian grants
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 9, 2017 12:51 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó paid a visit to the severely damaged Church of the Sacred Heart and Saint Benedict in the quake-ridden town of Tolentino, in the Marche Region of Central-Italy, towards the restoration of which Hungary has contributed a sum of HUF 150 million.
The Hungarian people are the most important to the Hungarian Government
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 9, 2017 12:38 PM
“The Hungarian people and their security are the most important for the Hungarian Government, not allowing illegal immigrants arriving from safe countries to get into Hungary unlawfully and to move around freely”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday.
Hungary condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Kabul
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 8, 2017 4:03 PM
The Government of Hungary was deeply shocked to learn of the terror attack committed by gunmen of the Islamic State on 8 March at the Kabul Sardar Daud Hospital, claiming several lives.
We need an agreement that does not impair Hungarian-British relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 7, 2017 7:00 PM
“We need an agreement between Great Britain and the European Union that does not lead to a deterioration of relations between Hungary and Great Britain”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at the Europe After Brexit conference.
The interests and security of the Hungarian people are the most important to the Hungarian Government
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 7, 2017 5:07 PM
“The interests and security of the Hungarian people are the most important to the Hungarian Government, and accordingly we will not be letting a single illegal immigrant into the country until their asylum request is processed”, Chief Press Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tamás Menczer told Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday.
Hungarian-Slovak foreign affairs consultation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 7, 2017 1:31 PM
Kristóf Altusz, Deputy State Secretary for European and American Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade had consultations on 6 March 2017 in Budapest with Iveta Hricova, EU Affairs Director General at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic.
Hungary supports the affirmation of European defence cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, March 6, 2017 6:00 PM
“Hungary supports the affirmation of European defence cooperation”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared at a press conference in Brussels to mark a meeting of EU Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers.