The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced in a programme of Hungarian public TV channel M1 and in a programme of public broadcaster Kossuth Radio on Wednesday that Hungary will establish four trading houses in Russia, in Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Rostov and St Petersburg.
Hungary cannot be a bystander of the continuous attacks against Christian communities in the Middle East. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó instructed the Ambassador of Hungary to Cairo to contact Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Budapest on 17 February could be of crucial importance in terms of Hungary’s energy security, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told MTI.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó turns to Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague in a letter, to immediately start an investigation of the execution of Egyptian Christians and to do everything to ensure the strictest possible prosecution of the perpetrators, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade communicated to MTI on Monday.
A peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine is the only acceptable solution for Hungary, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade declared in a telephone interview with Hungarian public TV channel M1 on Friday, confirming the standpoint of the government.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade firmly condemns the terrorist attacks committed in Copenhagen which was directed not only against Denmark but against the entire democratic community of Europe.
Montenegro’s Euro-Atlantic integration being the key to the stability in the Balkans, Hungary is committed to supporting the country’s integration – said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó.
The largest Hungarian aid program to date has been launched in Ukraine; Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade help refugees in seven regions of the war-ridden country.
All areas of Hungarian-US relations should be dealt with by strengthening dialogue, Hungary's new ambassador to the US said in an interview prior to her departure to Washington, DC.
Though the two countries might take different approaches, they were always in agreement about the most important issues and will find means to keep it this way in the future, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest.