Deputy State Secretary Kristóf Altusz paid a visit to Ireland on the 1st of February 2016. In Dublin, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade he met with Political Director Barrie Robinson. The parties exchanged views on international issues, such as the conflict in Ukraine, the sanctions against Russia, the situation in the Middle East (Syria, Israeli-Palestinian conflict) and the migration crisis.
“Hungarian enterprises signed contracts worth a total of 37.6 million US Dollars on Monday in Indonesia”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told the Hungarian press from Jakarta.
“Hungarian-Romanian cooperation must be given new impetus so that it is founded on mutual respect, views national communities as a resource and exploits economic opportunities”, Péter Szijjártó declared in Bucharest following a meeting with his Romanian counterpart Lazar Comanescu. With relation to the immigration crisis, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade warned that unprotected borders and European inaction would lead to “another Cologne”.
“The International day of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust, the Shoes on the Danube Embankment memorial and the commemoration of tragedy also bear with them hope”, Minister of State for Security Policy and International Cooperation István Mikola said at the Government’s memorial ceremony to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
On 25-26 January 2016 Deputy State Secretary Kristóf Altusz visited Paris.
Deputy State Secretary for European and U.S. Relations Kristóf Altusz from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade held talks in Paris on energy security and problems relating to migration in Tuesday.
“Hungary’s importance has increased within the European Union; the country has a greater influence than before and compared to its size in Europe in both economic diplomacy and foreign policy”, Minister of State László Szabó form the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on Tuesday in Budapest.
“Mongolia could help Europe develop a pragmatic cooperation with Russia”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian reporters in Ulan Bator on Tuesday following talks with his Mongolian colleagues.
Agreements worth a total of some 40 million dollars were signed in Ulan Bator – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian reporters in the Mongolian capital on Monday.
“Slovenian-Hungarian cooperation is entering a new dimension via the joint Slovenian session of the two cabinets, during which six agreements that further strengthen ties between the two countries are to be signed”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Friday.