Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, who is in Washington, D.C. to attend the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit as a member of the Hungarian delegation led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has been holding a series of meetings in the U.S. capital, including on political issues and energy cooperation.
“2015 has clearly shown that it is those businesses, countries and governments who view the crisis as an opportunity for implementing changes that provide strength not only to survive, but also for the period following the crisis, who can achieve success”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade declared on Tuesday in Budapest at the Investors’ Gala held at the Pest Vigadó.
“Europe is facing extremely serious security challenges and isolating ourselves is not a good solution at such times; both the European Union and NATO must be open to new alliances and partnerships”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Budapest following negotiations with his Georgian counterpart.
Hungary strongly condemns the appalling attack in Lahore on 27 March 2016 targeting the local Christian community celebrating a religious holiday.
Restrictive measures adopted by the United Nations Security Council and the Council of the European Union.
“The terrorist attack was not directed against Brussels, but against the EU, and this is why precautions, vigilance and all possible security measures are warranted”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday in Budapest.
Hungary has submitted its bid for hosting the ministerial meeting of the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency to be held next year, István Mikola, State Secretary for Security Policy and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade informed the Hungarian News Agency MTI on Wednesday in Paris after this year’s meeting of the organisation’s Governing Board.
At a press conference on Tuesday, in reference to the Brussels attacks, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said that it is undeniable that illegal migration has increased the threat of terrorism in Europe.
“Hungarian-Russian industrial cooperation has a long history and the Government must regain certain Russian market positions for Hungarian enterprises”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared at a press conference following his meeting with the Russian Minister of Industry and Trade.
“New emphasis is being placed on the regionalisation of Hungarian-Russian economic cooperation in the interests of decreasing the damage caused by EU and Russian measures”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Monday in Budapest.