At the Dubrovnik Forum, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó held bilateral talks with Croatian economy minister Tomislav Panenic. Among other topics, the two ministers discussed the MOL-INA case.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó had talks with his Croatian, Bosnian and Kosovar counterparts Miro Kovač, Igor Crnadak and Enver Hoxhaj on Friday at the Dubrovnik Forum international foreign and security policy meeting. Following these he told Hungarian news agency MTI that it is in the interests of Hungary for there to be peace and stability in the Western Balkan region as soon as possible.
According to György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, the main focus should be placed on protection of the Serbian border; construction of a fence along the Romanian border is it is not yet warranted.
In Rome on Saturday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Christian leaders from the Middle East.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met Pope Francis at an audience held as part of the annual meeting of the International Catholic Legislators Network.
Speaking at a commemoration held on Saturday, 27 August to mark the 490th anniversary of the Battle of Mohács at the National Memorial Place of Mohács, Minister of Defence István Simicskó stated that “today we must guarantee the Hungarian people’s future and security against the new forms of emerging threats.
The fourth Hungarian contingent has returned to Hungary from their one-month mission on the Macedonian-Greek border.
On Thursday Csaba Dömötör, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, said that the migrant quota referendum, which the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (TASZ) is now attempting to “torpedo”, represents one of the most important institutions of democracy.
In Warsaw on Friday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union is not the cause of Europe’s present situation, but rather a consequence of it. He also said that the EU has completely lost its ability to adapt.
In an interview with public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that in the long term he would address labour shortages with demographic and family policy solutions.