“Hungary and Romania, the current President of the Council of the European Union, both support the acceleration of the European integration of the Western Balkans, because it is in both the economic and security interests of the EU”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed in an interview for Romanian Digi 24 television, a transcript of which was published on the channel’s website on Sunday.
“The U.S. Secretary of State’s visit next week proves that Hungary is a dependable NATO ally”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday. The Minister issued the statement in response to the fact that American Chief National Security Advisor John Bolton announced on Twitter: head of U.S. diplomacy Mike Pompeo will be visiting Budapest next week.
The Hungarian Government welcomes the signing of the protocol on the NATO accession of the Republic of North Macedonia by the member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) on 6 February 2019.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó held talks on Hungarian gas import diversification opportunities with U.S. Secretary of State for Energy Rick Perry on Wednesday in Washington.
“Regardless of the military successes achieved against the Islamic State, the terrorist organisation still represents a major global and regional threat, and for this reason Hungary is ready to continue the fight against the jihadist organisation”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in Washington.
“Hungary is performing beyond its capabilities in its international efforts to preserve peace, security and stability”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI, reporting on his talks in Washington.
“In addition to wanting to further expand and modernise their Hungarian investments and capacities, American companies also plan to increase the ratio of research & development within those investments”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Washington following talks with the directors of several major American corporations.
Hungary has opened a consulate in Miami. In a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, who officially inaugurated the diplomatic representation, said the opening of the consulate was necessary to enable better contact with the Hungarian communities living there, develop economic relations, and manage the consular affairs of people on vacation there.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Minister of State for Information and Hungary’s International Image, the “Brussels pro-immigration politicians” are attempting to make the UN Global Compact for Migration compulsory, which they previously claimed will not be mandatory, through stealthy legislation.
“The lie of the pro-immigration Brussels politicians has been uncovered, because it has once again transpired that Brussels has taken the side of the UN Global Compact for Migration, and ‘although they tried to mislead us’ that the migration package will not be mandatory, they are attempting to adopt it despite the fact that nine EU member states, including Hungary, did not vote for it”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared.