Hungary welcomes that the five-day ceasefire in Yemen allowed for an improved access of the humanitarian organizations, the delivery of food, medical supplies, fuel and other essential items to the people in dire need.
Resolving issues in Ukraine, Afghanistan and Iran is crucial so that NATO is able to effectively focus on the fight against the Islamic State – said Péter Szijjártó Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade at the Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Antalya on Wednesday.
The First Hungarian Investment Day in Tel Aviv on Wednesday was attended by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade László Szabó and about eighty Israeli businesspeople. The Hungarian Embassy and the Israeli-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Trade organised the event, at which Israeli businesspeople had the chance to acquaint themselves with investment opportunities in Hungary and the advantages of doing business with the country.
Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Levente Magyar spoke at an event organised by the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs entitled “Ukraine: Just Business”. Mr. Magyar said that even before the economic crisis Hungarian-Ukrainian bilateral business relations had not been fully exploited.
Commenting on the latest foreign trade statistics published on Wednesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference on Monday that foreign trade factors can effectively support the performance of national economy.
The EU Foreign Affairs Council held a meeting in Brussels on 7 May 2015.
In Budapest on Thursday Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said that reasonable cooperation is needed between Hungary and Romania, and the debates must stay within reasonable limits in order to resolve them.
Europe's interest is a constructive and cultured cooperation between the Eastern and the Western parts of the continent –Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stated in an interview on Saturday, after he attended - along with several other colleagues from the EU – the remembrance ceremony organised on the occasion of Victory Day in Moscow.
At a business forum of the Joint Venture Association and foreign chambers of industry, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said that the Hungarian model has been established and it works; it means rigorous budgetary policy, economic growth and increasing employment at the same time.
Central-European countries must resolve their problems through direct, civilised dialogue; this is the only way to achieve genuine results, Péter Szijjártó said in his account of foreign policy issues rendered before Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee.