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Péter Szijjártó

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Visit of Deputy State Secretary Kristóf Altusz to Athens

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 20, 2015 8:05 PM

On 19–20 October 2015 Deputy State Secretary for European and American Affairs Kristóf Altusz attended an international conference in Athens entitled “Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle East”.

Hungary supports acceleration of Turkey’s EU accession talks

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 20, 2015 6:06 PM

Hungary supports the acceleration of Turkey’s EU accession talks and Turkish visa liberalisation as cooperation with Ankara is key to the management of the refugee crisis afflicting Europe, Péter Szijjártó told the Hungarian News Agency MTI on Tuesday by telephone.

Hungary is fully adhering to Schengen regulations

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 20, 2015 5:36 PM

“Hungary is fully adhering to Schengen regulations”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó informed his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday.

Hungary is open to normal cooperation with Romania

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 20, 2015 4:06 PM

“Hungary is fully open to maintaining pragmatic, normal cooperation with Romania, and although there are still many unsolved issues in relations between the two countries, the positive signs are clearly visible”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI by telephone on Tuesday.

Péter Szijjártó negotiates with Hungarian Community Party (MKP) President about status of Hungarian minority

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 20, 2015 3:41 PM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó received MKP President József Berényi, who informed the Minister about the party’s preparations for the Slovakian election campaign and the current status of the Hungarian minority in Upper Hungary, the Ministry said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday.

Disintegration of Schengen system would have unforeseeable economic effects

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 19, 2015 4:55 PM

The Schengen system may disintegrate, may simply cease to exist if the European Union is unable to protect its external borders, and this would have unforeseeable economic effects, Péter Szijjártó said at the event where the latest, 2015 country report of the Hungarian European Business Council under the title For a stronger Hungary in a stronger Europe was presented.

We are temporarily reinstating border controls on Hungarian-Slovenian border

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 19, 2015 11:17 AM

Hungary is temporarily reinstating border controls on the Hungarian-Slovenian border, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced.

Protection of external borders is possible through joint effort

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 19, 2015 8:40 AM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó has expressed his thanks to the foreign ministers of the Visegrád Group countries by telephone on Sunday for proving that it is possible to defend the European Union’s external borders through joint effort.

The road to peace and stability in the Western Balkans leads through European and Euro-Atlantic integration

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 17, 2015 3:04 PM

“The road to peace and stability in the Western Balkans leads through European and Euro-Atlantic integration, and accordingly Hungary is a committed supporter of Montenegro’s integration”, Péter Szijjártó said after talks with Speaker of Montenegrin Parliament Ranko Krivokapić in Budapest.

V4 countries also help with protection of southern borders with police personnel

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 16, 2015 6:57 PM

In addition to members of the military, the Member States of the Visegrád cooperation (V4) also offered police personnel to help protect Hungary’s southern border section, the Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said at the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament.