On Friday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió that the Hungarian-Serbian border must be reinforced, and therefore an additional fence will be constructed, equipped with the latest technology.
On Thursday, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács told public television channel M1 that it is wrong to urge citizens not to vote or to invalidate their ballot papers in the referendum on compulsory migrant relocation in October.
The October quota referendum is an event of historic significance, and it is to be hoped that the electors will adopt a clear and unequivocal decision which will reinforce the Government in its political struggle with the European Commission, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at the 60th Governmentinfo press conference which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.
Hungary continues to support Belgrade in the protection of the borders with a view to curbing illegal immigration, and is ready to help the Balkans country with information, personnel and legal advice not only on the Hungarian border section, but also on its joint border sections with Bulgaria and Macedonia, Interior Minister Sándor Pintér said in Hajdújárás in Vojvodina after he met with his Serbian counterpart Nebojsa Stefanovic.
The police will start recruiting personnel to the border patrol units on 1 September, and if the first training courses begin in November, the new members of the police force now to be hired with a view to reinforcing border patrol units may begin their service at the end of May, Károly Papp, Chief Commissioner of the Hungarian National Police said.
A joint declaration adopted by the ministers of justice of the EU in Bratislava on 23 August 2016 includes the following statement: “The Member States of the European Union are ready to do everything possible in the future to suppress growing radicalism and extremism”.
In a telephone interview with Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said that close cooperation with Egypt is needed, as the country plays a key role in the Southern Neighbourhood’s stability.
In an interview given to the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán stressed that Hungary is protecting its borders one hundred per cent, even if Ankara follows through on its threats and launches masses of migrants into the European Union.
Csaba Dömötör, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister takes the view that the quota referendum to be held on 2 October is not about parties, but about the future of Hungary.
There is no doubt that Europe, and Hungary in it, is only interested in the stability of Turkey, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told the Hungarian News Agency MTI on Tuesday in Ankara.