“Hungary is supporting Christian communities in difficulties to the best of its abilities, and accordingly it is natural that it is also prepared to take part in the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told reporters in Budapest on Tuesday.
“Hungary regards Bulgaria as having a key role in the establishment of gas supply from the south, and accordingly it expects energy to determine relations between the two countries in future”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference on Tuesday in Budapest following the second session of the Hungarian-Bulgarian Joint Economic Committee.
“The Hungary Helps Agency has been established, The task of the new agency, which will be operating within the framework of the State Secretariat for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and the Realisation of the Hungary Helps Programme, will be to coordinate programmes to help persecuted Christians”, State Secretary Tristan Azbej announced on Tuesday in Budapest.
Next year’s Giro d’Italia, the world-famous cycling race, will start from Budapest.
“Hungary sympathises with France because of the fire at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said.
The latest, 25th business confidence survey conducted by the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DUIHK) reflects that 2018 was a highly successful year for the Hungarian economy, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said, evaluating the study’s results.
At a press conference in Szabadka/Subotica on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán described the shift in the Balkans migration route as a joint Hungarian and Serbian success. Mr. Orbán was speaking alongside Prime Minister of Serbia Ana Brnabić after the fifth joint sitting of the Hungarian and Serbian cabinets.
“It is in Hungary’s clear interests for Serbia to be a strong country, in view of the fact that the strength of our neighbours adds to ours”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó emphasised to the Hungarian press in Szabadka (Subotica) on Monday. Prior to a joint Hungarian-Serbian cabinet meeting, the politician held talks with Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, and Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimović.
“The Swedish Prime Minister is a pro-immigration politician who also wants to force illegal immigrants onto Hungary, and wants to punish the Hungarians for saying no to the mandatory resettlement quota”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI in reaction to a statement by Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven condemning Hungary’s migration policy.
The tragedy of our Jewish compatriots who were killed solely due to being Jewish is one of the heaviest burdens in the history of the Hungarian nation which must not be forgotten, the Minister of State responsible for the development and coordination of European Union policies at the Prime Minister’s Office told the Hungarian news agency MTI at the event March for Life on Sunday.