Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed his condolences in a letter to Egyptian President Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi over the ruthless killing of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians committed by the jihadist organisation Islamic State.
The Prime Ministers and Foreign Affairs Ministers of Hungary and Serbia held an informal colloquium at Monday night in Subotica, Serbia – the Prime Minister’s press chief Bertalan Havasi announced. Viktor Orbán, Aleksandar Vucic, Péter Szijjártó and Ivica Dacic discussed the energy security of the region and the further development of economic cooperation between the two countries.
“As the present legislation on asylum does not provide a solution to the problems that have arisen in Europe, the regulations should be reconsidered” Minister of Justice László Trócsányi said in an interview published by Origo on-line news portal on 16 February 2015.
The State Secretary for Nation Policy was shocked to be informed that unknown offenders have defaced the Statue of Liberty in the Reconciliation Park of Arad commemorating the 13 martyrs of Arad during the day.
At a meeting held on Saturday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó asked for the support of the parliamentary parties in order to reach national foreign affairs objectives.
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 final price to be paid for Budapest Bank, the Hungarian subsidiary of General Electric Capital Group, is “still being debated” but it may maximum be USD 700 million, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga told HírTV.
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.