The Hungarian administration must continue to focus primarily on the interests and considerations of the Hungarian nation, meaning it must protect the people of Hungary during the migration crisis, but helping those in need is also important to the Government”, the Ministry of Human Capacities’ Minister of State for Churches, National Minorities and Civil Affairs told Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday in Zagreb.
Hungary was compelled to change its legal system in an emergency in order to be able to face the unprecedented migration pressure which is currently afflicting the European Union; however, we did so in harmony with the international legal norms, in the interest of ensuring compliance with the Schengen Agreement prescribing the protection of the borders and the Dublin Regulations which require the registration of refugees, Minister of Justice László Trócsányi wrote in response to the criticisms levelled at Hungary in connection with the migration crisis in a letter published on the website of the French daily Le Figaro on 30 September 2015.
"Action against terrorism in the Middle East can only occur by combining global efforts and through cooperation," Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Wednesday at the Open Debate on the Settlement of conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa and countering terrorist threat in the region, organised by the United Nations Security Council.
Europe will not be able to carry the burdens of migration alone, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated in New York on Wednesday, urging the UN Secretary General to initiate talks on the global distribution of burdens and the setting up of a global quota system.
Minister of State for European Union Affairs and Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) Szabolcs Takács received the U.S. State Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Robert Berschinski in his office on Wednesday.
“While Hungarian-Serbian relations remain balanced, both countries have extremely serious political issues with Croatia, although it is in the fundamental interests of Budapest to maintain constructive relations with both Zagreb and Belgrade”, Minister of State for Economic Diplomacy Levente Magyar emphasised in Szabadka (Subotica) in an interview on Pannon RTV’s “Subjective” programme aired on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Chief of the Prime Minister’s Press Office Bertalan Havasi informed kormany.hu that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had met Arthur Schneier, Senior Rabbi of New York City’s East Park Synagogue and founder of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation.
Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó and Chief of Defence Gen. Dr. Tibor Benkő inspected the ongoing construction of the temporary security barrier in the region of the Hungarian–Croatian border on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović held private talks at the UN Headquarters in New York, where they discussed the open and difficult questions related to Hungarian-Croatian relationships.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed words of appreciation to Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) for his efforts made with a view to helping Jewish communities in Hungary.