Levente Magyar, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade takes the view that Hungary was not admitted to the EU by European bureaucrats but the Hungarian people earned a place in the EU on account of their performance and history.
“If the Schengen system fractures as a result of migration pressure, confidence in the region will decrease and the foreign trade performance of Hungarian enterprises could be endangered as a result”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest at the 4th Export Conference organised by Hungarian economic daily Világgazdaság.
Chief Negotiator for Serbia's accession negotiations with the EU Tanja Miscevic and her delegation paid an official visit to Budapest on 22 September. The guests were received by Minister of State for Economic Diplomacy Levente Magyar.
“Hungary and Serbia are seeking to establish even tighter economic cooperation, because the value of friendship increases in challenging times”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in the Vojvodinian city of Zenta (Senta), where he and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic opened a new automotive cable manufacturing plant built by Tisza Automotive Ltd., a member of the Hungarian Tisza Cipő Group.
“Hungary and Serbia are in the same shoes in view of the fact the same two European Union member states, Greece and Croatia, are causing significant difficulties to both countries with relation to the migrant crisis”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said after a meeting with the Serbian Prime Minister.
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in cooperation with the BMW Group has announced the possibility of tendering for the 2015 edition of the Intercultural Innovation Award.
In line with the instruction of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, the Ambassador of Hungary accredited to Zagreb submitted a letter of protest to the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia.
The four Visegrád countries and western Member States of the European Union continue to envisage different ways of resolving the refugee crisis.
Hungarian Ambassador to Spain Enikő Győri held talks with Juan Jesús Vivas Lara, Mayor-President of the autonomous city of Ceuta in the North African Spanish enclave on 18 September. The Hungarian Ambassador also met with Nicolás Fernández Cucurull, the local representative of the Spanish government, who provided a short presentation to the Ambassador about the double fence that runs along the full length of Cueta’s land border (8.7 km) and its operation.
On Tuesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó rejected statements by Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovič, in which he criticised Hungary