A bilateral strategic council was established, concrete business deals were concluded, energy-related issues were discussed and MoUs on tourism, healthcare and employment were signed in Kazakhstan during a three-day official visit of a Hungarian delegation led by Economy Minister Mihály Varga.
“The situation in Syria seems hopeless”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in the recess of the meeting of European Union Member State Foreign Ministers in Luxembourg.
According to several studies, a turnaround occurred in Hungary in 2013 and the level of poverty has decreased continuously for the past three years.
Tax and customs authorities of the Visegrad Four may boost fiscal revenues and protect law-abiding enterprises through new measures against VAT fraud, such as threshold prices for Far Eastern products and risk profiling, Deputy Economy Minister and Minister of State for Taxation András Tállai told representatives of the respective authorities of six countries from the region.
Parallel to the 5th session of the Kazakh-Hungarian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation, a strategic council was established in order to strengthen bilateral economic relations, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said after the first meeting of the group.
On behalf of the Government, the Justice Minister speaking at the general debate of the amendment of the Constitution held on 17 October 2016 took the view: the position that community law overrides national law in every instance is wrong.
A solution may be reached in Syria if the United States and Russia come to an agreement, and therefore an imbalanced European solution that unilaterally condemns Russia would not favour the resolution of the conflict in Syria, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told the Hungarian News Agency MTI by telephone before the Luxembourg meeting of the Foreign Ministers of EU Member States.
Minister of State for Government Communication said that Brussels has not abandoned the idea of mandatory relocation; therefore, the action to step up against it on a European and national level is supported by the will of those 3.3 million people who said “no” to the quotas at the 2 October referendum.
According to Minster of State for State-owned Land Márton Örs Bitay, the “Land for Farmers’” programme has been the most successful land distribution programme since the regime change; every third farmer, some 30 thousand, have received farmland.
The Government aims to keep Hungary’s economic growth at 3-4 percent of GDP, and this objective requires significant measures aimed at improving competitiveness, support SMEs, addressing labour market challenges and increasing wages, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the “TOP 200” gala evening organized by business weekly Figyelő.