“Without the upholding of the agreement between the EU and Turkey on stopping migration, we would have to deal with significant migration pressure from the south, and accordingly Europe’s security currently begins in Turkey”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said following a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Budapest on Friday.
Hungary has stopped migration by land, while Italian Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini has stopped migration by sea, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Kossuth Radio’s programme “Good morning, Hungary” on Friday.
At their talks in Budapest on Thursday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini agreed on the importance of strong nation states, on the need to give priority in Europe to European culture based on Christian values, and on border defence.
“Hungary and Italy have proven that they are capable of providing security against migration”, State Secretary for International Communications Zoltán Kovács said on Hungarian M1 current affairs television on Friday morning.
“Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s working visit to Washington on 13 May, during which he will be received by U.S. President Donald Trump, will be extremely significant”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference in Brussels on Thursday.
“It is in Central Europe’s clear interests for East and West to be on good terms; an opportunity must be provided for rational dialogue and for Eurasian economic cooperation”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest following talks with his Kyrgyzstani counterpart, Chingiz Aydarbekov.
“Hungary would gladly diversify its energy sources, but the prerequisites for this are the construction of the necessary infrastructure and the making of the required investment decisions, and these, however, depend on our international partners”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Thursday at the 1st B2B energy forum held within the framework of the session of the European Union-United States Energy Council in Brussels.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade regards the letter sent to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó by one of the United Nations’ commissioners responsible for human rights, Fionnuala Ni Aoláin, according to which Ahmed H’s rights have been violated in Hungary, as outrageous and absurd.
Hungary and Italy share the same views on the protection of European borders, and about how to prevent masses of people, terrorists and unwelcome individuals from entering the territory of the European Union, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér said on Thursday at a press conference held in Budapest after he had official talks with his Italian counterpart Matteo Salvini.
On Thursday morning in the Carmelite Monastery Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Heinz Hermann Thiele, Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Knorr-Bremse AG.