Developing a positive image of the country is the mission of the new Office of the Minister of State for Cultural Diplomacy and with its work it could help to shape the country’s foreign relations as well, said the Minister of State for Cultural Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in an interview with the Hungarian News Agency. Monika Balatoni also spoke of that a Hungarian Institute is expected to open in Belgrade this July.
The Central and South East European Forum on Energy Security was held in Budapest in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on June 17-18, 2014.
Further increase of food and wine export volumes is essential to ensure further improvement of export sales of the Hungarian economy, said appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Szijjártó Péter on Tuesday, at a Hungarian wine presentation held in Budapest.
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg and other heroes that saved people embarked on bringing hope to Hungarians in a hopeless situation, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade stated on Tuesday at the inauguration of a Wallenberg memorial in Budapest.
Monday 16 June was the 25th anniversary of the reburial of Imre Nagy (prime minister of Hungary, executed for his role in the 1956 Revolution) and his fellow martyrs. This year is also the 25th anniversary of the fall of communism. At an event in Budapest on Monday evening commemorating both events, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade called 16 June 1989 the day that truth was reborn.
“The nations of Central Europe should jointly enforce their historical and geographical endowments. If we determine our identities and ourselves against each other then we won’t be successful”, said Monika Balatoni at the closing event of ‘More Than a Neighbour – Hungarian Cultural Week in Bratislava’; before the concert of the Zugló Philharmonic in Bratislava Vigadó on Monday evening.
On Saturday foreign affairs spokesperson Anna Nagy told MTI that from Sunday operations would begin at a temporary consulate in the Croatian city of Split, which over a three-month period will serve Hungarian citizens seeking its assistance.
The Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency (HITA) and the Hungarian Tire Association (HTA) expressed their wish to tighten cooperation by signing an agreement on Friday in Budapest.
At a press conference in Budapest on Friday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Tibor Navracsics said that the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Hungary and Kuwait offers a good opportunity to strengthen and renew the friendship between the two countries.
Hungary's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó held talks in London on Thursday with British officials.