Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó has assured the United States of Hungary’s sympathy and support following the Pittsburgh shooting that claimed 11 lives.
Contracts were signed with over 3250 applicants of the Vojvodina Economic Development Programme in Senta (Zenta) on Friday, where Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared: Everyone wins with the Programme, since the investment projects are realised in Serbia, while Hungary is stronger, the stronger the parts of the nation.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Nenad Lalovic, President of United World Wrestling had a meeting on Friday afternoon in the Parliament Building where they discussed the World Wrestling Championships currently under way in Budapest, the new-generation World Urban Games and other world-level sports events planned to be held in the Hungarian capital, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the press.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade was deeply shocked to hear of the terror attack at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
“Close cooperation is required in the central, eastern and southern parts of Europe to enable the realisation of those projects that serve the region’s energy security”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Friday at a Eurasian energy security forum in Belgrade.
Relations between Hungary and the United States are characterized by mutual respect, constant dialogue and cooperation, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said after he had received earlier today US Ambassador to Hungary David B. Cornstein in his office. At the meeting, the Minister was quoted as saying that both Governments shared the same opinion with respect to international tax evasion and the international financing of terrorism: both required more efficient counter measures.
“Hungary is calling for all European Union accession chapters for which Belgrade is technically ready to be opened with Serbia in December”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed in the Serbian capital.
“The cohesion of a nation is determined by common objectives, and the collective programmes to realise them; it is a top priority to support the latter”, State Secretary for Rural Development of the Ministry of Agriculture Miklós Kis emphasised at the Rural Development Conference organised in Csíkszereda (Miercurea Ciuc) recently.
According to Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács, there is continued migration pressure on Europe’s borders, although certain member states have introduced increasingly effective measures to combat this.
Loans up to HUF 10 million provided under preferential interest conditions will also be extended to families with two children, while in the case of families with three children the limit will be raised to HUF 15 million, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office announced outlining the government decision on the family housing allowance programme (csok).