The Visegrád countries are able to cooperate not only in good times, but also in times of trouble, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a press conference held on Wednesday in Prague.
The Hungarian stance taken against illegal immigration has become a general European approach. However, unless tough action is taken, there will be grave problems, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Wednesday in Prague, at the summit of the prime ministers of the Visegrád countries.
On Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke to Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan by telephone, following which he convened his security cabinet, Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister informed the Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday evening.
At a meeting, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Anthony Muheria, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nyeri in Kenya had talks about the migration situation in Africa and Hungary’s humanitarian aid efforts, among other issues.
On Friday afternoon in the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Prime Minister-President of Fidesz Viktor Orbán received President of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ) István Pásztor with whom he also consulted with respect to the upcoming general elections in Serbia.
We must prepare for migrant flows, we must prepare for regular mass attacks at the Hungarian border fence, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ in response to British news agency Reuters’ news reports regarding the fact that Turkey has decided not to detain any further Syrian refugees heading for Europe, either by sea or by land.
In a message, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wished Archbishop of Gyulafehérvár (Alba Iulia) Gergely Kovács, who was consecrated on Saturday, wisdom and blessed service. The message was read out by Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén at the end of the consecration ceremony.
In Brussels on Friday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made a statement after an EU summit on the EU multiannual financial framework for the period from 2021. Mr. Orbán said that it is unacceptable that four net contributors to the budget – Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden – have rejected President of the European Council Charles Michel’s proposed contribution level of 1.074 per cent of gross national income (GNI), and want to continue paying 1 per cent of GNI into the EU budget. The Prime Minister said that an ambitious Europe needs an ambitious budget.
At the invitation of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the National Cultural Council held its founding meeting at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister informed the government portal kormany.hu.
Francesco Patton, leader of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land thanked Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for the financial support provided by the Hungarian State with the extension of the Terra Sancta Museum in Jerusalem.