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Hungary supports Ecuadorian Foreign Minister as next President of UN General Assembly

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 4, 2018 11:08 AM

“Hungary is supporting the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister for the post of President of the United Nations General Assembly”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had talks with President of European Parliament

The Prime Minister, June 3, 2018 7:50 PM

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament, in the Parliament Building on Sunday morning, Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister informed the Hungarian news agency MTI.

Hungary continues to regard Israel as a strategic partner

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 3, 2018 10:06 AM

“Hungary continues to regard Israel as a strategic partner”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said during a meeting with Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of the Jewish World Congress Robert Singer.

Government concludes strategic partnership agreement with ExxonMobil

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 1, 2018 7:13 PM

The Government and U.S. oil and gas company ExxonMobil have concluded a strategic partnership agreement, which was signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and Director of ExxonMobil’s Budapest Office Romke Noordhuis on Friday in Budapest.

The security of the Hungarian people is the Government’s top priority

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 1, 2018 3:10 PM

“Protecting the security of the Hungary people is the Government’s most important task in view of the fact it was given a mandate and responsibility to do just that at the elections”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Friday in Budapest following a press event on another topic.

Hungary disagrees with the budget proposals of the European Commission

Ministry of Finance, June 1, 2018 1:11 PM

Hungary understands that due to Brexit one of the largest contributors is leaving the EU and this causes the EU budget to shrink but we oppose the cutting of cohesion and agricultural funds, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga said after he received EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager in his office. Another topic which the two officials discussed was the taxation of digital enterprises.

Péter Szijjártó receives EC Commissioner for Competition

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 1, 2018 12:56 PM

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó received the European Commission’s Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager in his office on Thursday, the Ministry said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday morning.

No one should be allowed to decide on issues related to migration without Parliament’s consent

Ministry of Justice, June 1, 2018 12:35 PM

In the context of immigration, one of the important elements of the proposed amendment of the Fundamental Law submitted to Parliament is that no one should be allowed to decide on such issues without Parliament’s consent, and no one should be allowed to determine who may live in our country, Pál Völner, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice said in an interview given to the newspaper Magyar Idők on 31 May 2018.

The Hungarian Government supports the EU’s free trade agreements

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 1, 2018 11:13 AM

“The Hungarian Government supports the European Union’s intention to conclude as many and as ambitious free trade agreements as possible, but expects Hungarian sensitivities to be taken into account”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday at the Ministerial Council Meeting of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.

Central Europe is once again a natural ally of the United States

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 1, 2018 11:10 AM

“The United States once again views Central Europe as a natural, strategic ally”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday morning. With relation to his meeting on Wednesday with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Mr. Szijjártó explained: “During the Obama presidency, Central Europe was removed from American foreign policy’s ‘positive agenda’, but this has now changed”.