Hungary not only needs to be successful but also look successful, and the conditions are provided, said Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade László Szabó, at the international conference on foreign relations organised by Századvég Foundation.
Participating in a two-day working visit in Tokyo, Minister of State for Economic Diplomacy Levente Magyar informed MTI in a phone interview that a Japanese automotive company is planning an investment of EUR 50 million (HUF 15.25 billion) and the creation of 200 new jobs in Hungary in the near future.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a phone interview given to MTI on Monday from Geneva that Hungary has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate the brutal actions committed against the Christian community by the Islamic State (ISIS) and to prosecute the perpetrators with rigour.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade László Szabó had an official meeting with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Melia, the Head of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, responsible for Europe and Eurasia on 2 March 2015.
American General Motors and its subsidiary Opel will increase their staff by five hundred people and will establish a new training centre, as well as a service centre in Hungary, Péter Szijjártó and Joachim Koschnicke, the Opel Group’s Vice President of European Government Relations announced at a press conference.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said that Hungary is open to discuss all issues with the United States, commenting on the news of Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland’s Budapest visit this March.
At their meeting held on Friday in Budapest both Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and British State Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Philip Hammond urged that all parties should fully respect the Minsk agreement.
On Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó welcomed British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Philip Hammond who is paying a two-day visit to Budapest.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade communicated to MTI that a delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade will travel to Moscow in the beginning of March to negotiate about the participation of Hungarian companies in infrastructure development projects in Russia.
At the National Assembly on Thursday the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said that the outcome of negotiations about the free trade agreement to be concluded between the European Union and the United States remains uncertain; still it is sure that the government will recommend an agreement for parliamentary approval solely with Hungarian interests in mind.