Hungary, represented by Deputy State Secretary Szilveszter Bus, participated in the Summit of the Pacific Alliance for the second time.
Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér called Hungarian public safety “reliable and free of extremism” at a swearing-in ceremony for new law enforcement officers held on Kapisztrán Square in Budapest on Saturday.
“Europe works well if European policy is built on the opinion of the Europe people, not the opinion of the European leadership”, the Minister of State for Government Communication said on Hungarian M1 television’s Friday evening current affairs program.
“More and more politicians and countries are recognising the dangers of illegal immigration and are changing their standpoints accordingly”, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minster said on Hungarian M1 television’s Friday evening current affairs program.
“The border management system is providing a suitable level of security against the reconnaissance methods and latest border crossing attempts of people smugglers”, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on Kossuth Radio’s “Sunday Papers” program.
“Police apprehended sixty-one illegal border crossers within the territory of Hungary between Friday and Sunday”, the National Police Headquarters informed Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday.
On Sunday, 2 July in the evening hours, on behalf of the government of Hungary, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó received Head of State of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the delegation headed by him at Liszt Ferenc International Airport, Budapest.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó reassured Israel’s Ambassador to Budapest by telephone on Friday that the Hungarian Government has declared a policy of zero tolerance with regard to anti-Semitism. In a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI, Mr. Szijjártó said he had told Ambassador Yossi Amrani that the activities of Miklós Horthy as governor included both positive and extremely negative periods.
Speaking at the opening of the Turkish-Hungarian Business Forum in Ankara on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Hungary stands by its friends, and is on Turkey’s side.
On Thursday, 29 June, Deputy Minister of Defence Tamás Vargha attended the meeting of NATO ministers of defence in Brussels.