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Péter Szijjártó

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The UN’s deceptive interpretation of the law is generating further waves on migration

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 25, 2019 10:00 PM

“Instead of enforcing fundamental human rights, the UN is attempting to create non-existent rights, and instead of enforcing everybody’s right to live a calm and peaceful life in their home, it is generating waves of migration that represent an extremely serious security threat and risk to everyone”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI from New York on Tuesday prior to a UN meeting on the African peace process.

The experience of American investors proves that the dimensional transition of the Hungarian economy has been successful

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 25, 2019 10:08 AM

According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, based on the talks he held with American investors, it has been proven beyond any doubt that the Hungarian economy has undergone a dimensional transition. “The companies not only consider the country as a production location, but also as an investment location where it is worth carrying out high added value activities, research and development requiring a high level of vocational training, and activities based on the latter”, Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI in New York, the location of the current session of the UN General Assembly.

Hungary is working on cooperation between East and West

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 24, 2019 4:25 PM

“Reinforcing Hungarian-Kyrgyz relations is important, just as it is important for Central Europe to be able to cooperate effectively with Central Asia”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s State Secretary for Information and the International Representation of Hungary Tamás Menczer said in Bishkek, where he held talks with Kyrgyz Economy Minister Sanzhar Mukanbetov and Deputy Foreign Minister Azizbek Madmarov, and took part in the founding session of the Hungary-Kyrgyz Joint Economic Committee as Co-Chair.

Migrants should not be eligible for the same healthcare services as taxpayers

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 24, 2019 12:58 PM

“Hungary will under no circumstances recognise the migration-related parts of the UN declaration on universal healthcare services, according to which UN member states would have to provide the same level of services to illegal migrants as to their taxpaying citizens”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared at the plenary session on universal health coverage at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday.

The Hungarian model is helping the private sector to undertake a greater role in the realisation of international development goals

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 24, 2019 12:56 PM

“The Hungarian economic model is enabling private sector enterprises to undertake a greater role in the realisation of major international development goals”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in New York on Monday at a conference on the topic.

Hungary is building on its strong bilateral relations with the United States

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 24, 2019 12:53 PM

“Hungary is building on the extremely strong relations it is maintaining with the United States, including the results of the May meeting between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and U.S. President Donald Trump, and on the success stories of American corporations that have established subsidiaries in Hungary”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Monday in Washington at a conference on opportunities for reinforcing transatlantic relations at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).

Loan agreement negotiations with China concerning the construction of the Budapest-Belgrade railway line to be accelerated

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 24, 2019 12:49 PM

“The loan agreement negotiations between the Ministry of Finance and China’s Exim Bank relating to the construction of the Budapest-Belgrade railway line are to be accelerated”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed at a meeting in New York on Monday.

Hungarian citizens can continue to travel to the United States without a visa

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 23, 2019 4:26 PM

Hungarian citizens can continue to travel to the United States without a visa, it was agreed upon by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and the executives of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday in Washington.

LOT Polish Airlines launches direct air passenger service between Budapest and Seoul

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 22, 2019 9:00 PM

LOT Polish Airlines launched its direct air passenger service between Budapest and Seoul on Sunday. The Polish airline’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off from Liszt Ferenc International Airport in the early afternoon and is expected to arrive in Seoul after a flight time of 10 hours, 30 minutes.

They want to push the mandatory resettlement quota down the European countries’ throats again

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 22, 2019 12:00 PM

“Another period is approaching in Europe in which they want to increase pressure on anti-immigration governments and will be attempting to push the mandatory resettlement quota down the throats of the countries of Europe once again”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Kossuth Radio’s “Sunday Paper” show on Sunday morning.