Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary John Tsang met in Hungary’s Parliament building to discuss economic cooperation with Asia, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief Bertalan Havasi told kormany.hu.
On Tuesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó rejected statements by Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovič, in which he criticised Hungary
Through the amendment of this year’s budget, the Government adds HUF 30bn to existing funds to assist the handling of the migrant crisis, Deputy State Secretary Richárd Adorján said at a press conference.
Next week, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will attend the extraordinary meeting of UN on migration in New York.
In reaction to statements by the Romania head of government, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said it was a disgrace to Europe that a Prime Minister with criminal proceedings underway against him “is continuously defaming a neighbouring country in a deceitful manner”.
In Parliament on Monday, when seeking parliamentary authorisation for the deployment of the military, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the police are able to protect the Serbian border; however, Hungary also needs to use the army for the protection of the Croatian and Slovenian sections of border.
Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga received in his office Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun to exchange views on European and Asian economic trends as well as on potential opportunities provided by China’s “One Belt, One Road” strategy.
“The European Union is chasing shadows if it thinks the compulsory quota system can provide a solution to the migration crisis”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday in Prague.
“The state has its obligations as laid down by the constitution, and accordingly it is Hungary’s duty to protect its borders and ensure the country’s security”, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog said on Friday during a political talk show on Hungarian independent television channel ATV.
In his address on urgent and topical matters before the start of daily business in Parliament, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed that it is Hungary’s historic and moral obligation to protect Europe, and when Hungary is protecting its borders, it is also protecting Europe.