“The European pillar of the North Atlantic Alliance must be reinforced, because it leads to nowhere id we always expect the United States to defend us if there is trouble; we must also be in possession of sufficient capacities”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at an international NATO parliamentary conference held in Hungary’s Parliament Building.
“As a member of the UN Human Rights Council, Hungary will be striving to gain an accurate picture of all the world’s countries”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó Péter Szijjártó declared during his opening speech at the 9th Budapest Human Rights Forum on Thursday.
“Contrary to the statements made by the Italian Prime Minister, the Hungarian Government did not construct a fence on the border out of EU money; the people of Hungary are protecting the border of the European Union out of their own money”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI.
While there are countries with which relations are at present worse than before, relations with other countries are better, and consequently, relations with the neighbouring countries have on the whole never been as balanced and positive as they are now, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said at his annual hearing held before the National Cohesion Committee of Parliament on Tuesday.
The Hungarian Government and the Chinese automotive industry supplier Yanfeng Automotive Interiors entered into a partnership agreement.
“A rational and even-tempered approach is required with regard to Turkey in the current situation because Europe’s stability begins with Turkey”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told reporters in the recess of a meeting of European Union foreign and defence ministers in Brussels.
“The hysteria that is sweeping through the European political elite because of the result of the U.S. presidential election is pathetic and at the same time entertaining; Hungary is not participating in this”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in the recess of a summit of EU foreign and defence ministers in Brussels.
“According to Hungary, people must be given help and encouragement to enable them to remain at home, while according to Italy and others they should be encouraged to come to Europe”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in an interview aired on Italian RAI public television on Friday evening.
“The European Union should primarily be defending its borders and instead of inviting people to Europe it should be providing assistance to people who are fleeing war in the vicinity of humanitarian crisis zones”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in an interview published in Saturday’s edition of Italian economic daily IlSole24Ore.
Based on figures to date, Hungarian exports may this year break last year’s record value, Tamás Menczer, the press chief of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on the public service television news channel M1 upon commenting on the latest data released by the Hungarian Statistical Office.