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The establishment of the Budapest-Warsaw high-speed railway link is the joint political will of the V4

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 1, 2018 1:42 PM

“The establishment of the Budapest-Bratislava-Brno-Warsaw high-speed railway link is the joint political will of the Visegrád Group (V4)”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in a statement to Hungarian public media from Štrbské Pleso (Csorbató, Slovakia) following a meeting of V4 (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) transport ministers in Monday.

Hungary will do everything it can against introduction of mandatory quotas

Government, October 1, 2018 12:55 PM

According to György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, Hungary will do everything it can against the introduction of the mandatory quotas, and will not yield to any pressure regarding its decision that only those people may enter the territory of the country whom the Hungarian authorities let in on the basis of the laws of Hungary.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s condolences offered to Indonesian President

The Prime Minister, October 1, 2018 12:51 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán offered his condolences to Indonesian head of state Joko Widodo due to the earthquake and the ensuing tsunami that hit the island of Sulawesi. The Prime Minister’s letter was sent to the Hungarian news agency MTI by Bertalan Havasi, the head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister on Sunday.

In West gap between elite and electors is growing spectacularly

Government spokesperson, October 1, 2018 12:43 PM

Recently the gap which exists between Western elites and electors has grown spectacularly: while the opinion of Western liberal, left-wing groups and politicians – regarding themselves as the continent’s elite – about us is that which has become widely known in the past eight years, members of the public who are compelled to face mass migration and deteriorating public security take the view that it is time for a change, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács stated in an interview given to the newspaper Magyar Idők which was published in its Monday issue.

The UN is preparing to provide the worst possible response to migration

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 1, 2018 9:41 AM

“The United Nations could provide the worst possible response to the migration crisis with the adoption of its Global Compact for Migration, which is currently in preparation”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Kossuth Radio’s “Sunday Paper” show.

The Hungarian Foreign Minister cannot be intimidated

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 30, 2018 6:41 PM

“The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade cannot be intimidated in the dispute with Ukraine concerning dual citizenship”, the Ministry’s Minister of State for Information and Hungary’s International Image declared at a press conference in Budapest on Sunday.

The UN Migration Compact is the worst possible step for handling illegal immigration

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 29, 2018 5:52 PM

“The adoption of the comprehensive Migration Compact currently under debate is the worst possible step that the UN can take for handling the challenge of migration, because it will lead to dangerous processes and further waves of immigration”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in his speech at the high-level meeting of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday evening.

We must work together to facilitate effective action against the new security challenges

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 29, 2018 5:46 PM

“The countries that make up the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, which was established as a forum for enabling closer relations between peoples and cultures, must increase their joint efforts in the interests of facilitating effective action against the new security challenges, including the wave of migration and religious extremism”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Friday evening in New York at the ministerial-level meeting of the Alliance’s member states.

Péter Szijjártó meets Russian Foreign Minister and U.S. Ambassador to UN

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 29, 2018 11:48 AM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó held bilateral talks with the representative of both the United States and the Russian Government on Friday in New York on the sidelines of the high-level meeting of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Minister and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley agreed, amongst others, on the need to protect Christian communities and on rejecting the UN Global Compact for Migration, while he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the agenda for November’s meeting of the Hungarian-Russian Economic Joint Committee, amongst other topics.

Hungary still does not accept the UN migration package

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 28, 2018 5:49 PM

“Hungary does not wish to take part in the adoption process of the global compact for migration ongoing in the UN in any respect, and does not regard it as applicable to itself in any way whatsoever”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó confirmed on Friday in New York during his negotiations on the sidelines of the high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly.