During his visit, the Minister of State held negotiations on the possibilities of developing bilateral business relations with governmental leaders, investors and agricultural importers.
On 1 June 2015, the Embassy of Hungary in The Hague organized, together with ten Dutch wine importers, a presentation of Hungarian wines. The Dutch importers presented over 100 different wines and offered these to the Dutch experts such as journalists, wine retailers, purchasers of restaurants and hotels.
Hungary will open five new embassies in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa in the next one and a half years.
Deputy State Secretary Kristóf Altusz paid a visit to Prague on 26-27 May 2015, where he participated at the International Conference “Living with Dignity”, organised by the Prague based European Shoah Legacy Institute (ESLI). The event was held under the patronage of Lubomír Zaorálek, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Michaela Marksová, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs highlighting welfare issues of the Holocaust survivors and other victims of Nazi persecution.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade regrets to inform that Graaf Dénes Sámuel Imre Tihamér Vilmos Festetics de Tolna, the Honorary Consul of Hungary in Haarlem (the Netherlands) passed away in Aerdenhout, the Netherlands on 16 May 2015.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told national TV channel M1 on Thursday that Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia have agreed on regional gas supply cooperation. In terms of the agreement, the countries will connect their pipeline networks and make them suitable for reverse-flow supplies.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade welcomed the appreciative words of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State about the two countries’ 25-year-old alliance relationship at the congressional hearing held in Washington on 19 May.
Europe has not had to face as many challenges as today since the Second World War, underlined Péter Szijjártó in Brussels on Tuesday at the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers organised by Belgium fulfilling the EU Council rotating presidency.
The Eastern Partnership programme of the European Union needs to strengthened, as it may form a bridge between the Eastern and Western parts of Europe, and could ensure cooperation between them – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at the meeting attended by the Foreign Ministers of V4 group countries, member states of the Eastern Partnership, and the diplomatic leaders of Romania and Sweden.
The nuclear agreement to be concluded with Iran is essential from the viewpoint of stability in the Middle-East, which also guarantees security in Europe. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó held talks with Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Javad Zafrin in Tehran.