“Investments from the East have played a major role in the dimensional transition of the Hungarian economy, as a result of which it has been able to successfully switch from a simple production orientation to an economy that is operated by technological innovations”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared at the inauguration of Denso Hungary Ltd.’s new logistics centre in Székesfehérvár.
Preparations for the Budapest World Water Summit 2019 are in their final phase, and the priority topic of the three-day conference that beings on 15 October will be the prevention of a global water crisis, including finding solutions to the problems of water scarcity, water excess, and contaminated water, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a statement on Friday.
Parliamentary State Secretary Levente Magyar from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade held talks with several Egyptian ministers in Cairo with relation to Hungary-related business issues, including the deal concerning the shipping of railroad cars to the North African county.
Hungary will be opening a consular representation in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday.
“Hungary has always worked in the interests of cooperation between East and West, as also proven by the opening of the Turkic Council’s office in Budapest”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest.
“Mutual respect is required in international relations, but instead we are often faced with being lectured and double standards”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will be visiting Hungary on 7 November, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday.
“Europe will become strong through the member states that form it also becoming strong, and not through Brussels being strong, but the member states weak”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Wednesday at the Tiszafüred stop of the Fidesz-KDNP coalition’s nationwide roadshow prior to the upcoming local government elections.
“The transition from a production-orientated economy to a technology-orientated economy is occurring successfully”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Debrecen on Wednesday at the official inauguration of Krones AG’s first plant to be constructed outside Germany.
Mr. Szijjártó said the Hungarian economy is the fastest growing economy in the European Union, with unemployment having fallen to just 3.3 percent from the previous 12.5 percent. “The country's international competitiveness is indicated by the fact that it is ranked 92nd in the world in terms of population, but 34th in the export rankings”, he declared.