“Tourism is undertaking an increasing role in generating Hungary’s gross domestic product (GDP), and accordingly it is in the country’s economic interests to continuously increase tourist traffic to Hungary”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday.
“The Article 7 proceedings against Poland should be terminated; the Hungarian Government has had conceptual problems with the proceedings from the beginning”, Minister of State Szabolcs Takács from the Prime Minister’s Office declared following a council meeting of EU affairs ministers in Brussels.
The banking system continues to play a key role in the financing of the Hungarian economy and the bolstering of the country’s competitiveness, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said after he had met with Intesa Sanpaolo Board of Directors Chairman Gian Maria Gros-Pietro from Italy.
In Moscow on Tuesday, at a joint press conference held after his meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Hungary prizes its existing relations with Russia, saying that “both of us have an interest in maximising our successes”.
“Brussels is attacking Hungary with another report that contains untruths so they can take away our right to protect our borders”, the Ministry of Interior stressed in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday.
In Moscow on Tuesday, prior to his talks with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán described relations between Hungary and Russia as balanced and predictable.
“Cooperation with Russia is in Hungary’s national economic and national security interests”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told public media on Tuesday in Moscow.
“There is no place for collective punishment in sport either”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told public media on Tuesday in Moscow following a meeting with Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov.
In Parliament on Monday, before the start of daily business, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that “We shall not surrender the right to defend our borders”.
“Hungary is committed to continuing the cooperation concluded with Laos on agricultural matters”, Minster of State for Agriculture Zsolt Feldman declared when he received a delegation from the southeast Asian country at the Ministry of Agriculture. Mr. Feldman highlighted that Hungary has launched the third tied aid programme in Laos.