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Hungary and Kenya agree on 5-point development plan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 13, 2016 3:46 PM
“Kenya is the most developed country in East Africa, is one of Africa’s leading powers in the fight against international terrorism and one of the engines of EU-Africa cooperation”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI by telephone with reference to his official visit to Kenya on Wednesday, where he met with the Kenyan Foreign Minister, the Minister of Industry and the Governor of Nairobi.
Comments by Luxembourg’s foreign minister are unacceptable
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 13, 2016 12:27 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó has said that comments by Luxembourg’s foreign minister Jean Asselborn relating to the Prime Minister of Hungary and the Hungarian migration policy are “unacceptable and shameful”.
Péter Szijjártó discusses development of economic relations with Chilean Deputy Foreign Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 12, 2016 3:37 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and Chilean Deputy Foreign Minister Edgardo Riveros met in Budapest on Monday to discuss the further development of economic relations.
Strengthening Hungarian-Chilean relations in the spirit of the Opening to the South policy – Chilean Deputy Foreign Minister visits Budapest
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 12, 2016 3:36 PM
On 11 April 2016, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Dr. László Szabó received his Chilean counterpart, Edgardo Riveros, within the framework of a political consultation. The Chilean diplomat also paid a courtesy visit to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Dr. János Latorcai.
Hungarian-American relations have never been as highly developed as they are now
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 8, 2016 5:33 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó received a bipartisan delegation of United States Members of Congress on Friday in Budapest. “The system of relations between Hungary and the United States of America have never been as highly developed as they are now”, he said at the event.
Brussels terrorist attack was directed against Europe
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 8, 2016 12:39 PM
At a press conference prior to a civil forum in Székesfehérvár on Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said that the last month’s terrorist attack was not directed against Belgium, but against Europe and the EU.
A UN Secretary-General from the Western Balkans would be useful
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 7, 2016 5:53 PM
“The next UN Secretary-General should come from Central-Eastern Europe and it would be useful if the next leader of the international organisation came from within the Western Balkan region”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest at a press conference following his meeting with Montenegrin Foreign Minister and candidate for United Nations Secretary-General Igor Lukšić.
V4 sign memorandum of cooperation concerning EU fund for dealing with the causes of African migration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 7, 2016 5:52 PM
The countries of the Visegrád Group have contributed a total of three million euros to the fund established by the European Union to deal with the causes of African migration, and are jointly participating in the fund’s work. In Prague on 6 April 2016, foreign ministry representatives from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic signed a related memorandum of cooperation.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade László Szabó receives Council of American Ambassadors delegation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 7, 2016 4:14 PM
A delegation from the Council of American Ambassadors, the association of non-career United States ambassadors, was received in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 6 April by Deputy Minister László Szabó and Deputy State Secretary for Security Policy Levente Benkő. During their meetings, the parties discussed the status of American-Hungarian economic cooperation as well as current security policy issues.
Hungary will not let anyone block Serbia’s European integration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 6, 2016 5:15 PM
Hungary will not let any institution in Brussels or any EU Member State block Serbia’s European integration. Belgrade deserves EU membership, and the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, which forms part of the Serbian government coalition, too, plays a significant role in this, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed on Tuesday in Szabadka after he had a meeting with István Pásztor, President of the Alliance.