The National Police Headquarters announced on its website that the Hungarian police contingent returned after one month strengthening the Macedonian-Greek border.
György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister has told Hungarian television channel M1 that migration pressure is not easing.
At a Hungarian-Ukrainian business forum in Debrecen, at which the Ukrainian prime minister also delivered a speech, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that the promising political relations which exist between Hungary and Ukraine provide a considerable tailwind for the development of economic cooperation.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has spoken on the telephone with the President-elect of the United States Donald Trump, who has invited him to Washington. The Prime Minister spoke about this in an interview published on Friday in the business daily Világgazdaság. In the interview he also gave a detailed assessment of the wages agreement signed on Thursday, stressing that the document’s most important message is that work in Hungary will be financially worthwhile.
After talks with Ukrainian prime minister Volodymyr Groysman, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán stated that Hungary supports Ukraine’s EU Membership.
Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács has told Hungarian television channel M1 that, viewing the system as a whole, the aims are clear: tax reductions and wage increases.
“During his telephone conversation with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, United States President-elect Donald Trump expressed his thanks for Hungary’s support of American Hungarians and also said he had always had great respect for Hungary”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at an event in reply to a question from the press.
“Hungary could play a leading role in automotive industry innovation thanks to the fact that ThyssenKrupp is making a long-term commitment to Hungary”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed following the signing of a strategic partnership agreement between the Government and ThyssenKrupp Presta Limited.
On Thursday, 24 November in Budapest, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó held a conference for government commissioners and the secretaries of defence committees. The participants of the conference discussed several current issues in national defence and cooperation as well as plans for the future.
On Wednesday, 23 November Chief of Defence Gen. Dr. Tibor Benkő continued his visit along the border which started on Monday. In the first days of the week, he stopped at seven sites set up by the Hungarian Defence Forces on the route Hódmezővásárhely–Röszke–Bácsalmás–Mélykút. On Wednesday, he met soldiers patrolling the areas of Madaras, Bácsbokod, Baja and Homorúd as well as the security border barrier among these settlements.