Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó concluded diplomatic, economic and education agreements during his one-day official visit to Costa Rica, from where he informed Hungarian news agency MTI by telephone from San José de Costa Rica on Wednesday evening local time.
“We must assist countries that are already providing care for refugees”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on American television news channel CNN.
Yuan-denominated Hungarian government bonds issued in April 2016 through the experts of the London Stock Exchange and the Bank of China are now also being traded in the capital city of the United Kingdom, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said, after he had opened the trading day on the London Stock Exchange.
Minister of State for National Policy Árpád János Potápi received the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s High Commissioner on National Minorities, Astrid Thors, in his office today.
During a break in Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács told Hungarian news agency MTI that in order to promote the competitiveness of the Hungarian bus manufacturing sector, the Government has decided to establish and implement a national bus manufacturing strategy.
The National Assembly began the general debate of the draft bill of the 2017 Budget on Wednesday.
On Wednesday morning György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, told public television channel M1 that migrants can arrive in Europe along three different routes: through the Balkans, from Egypt and from Libya. Therefore protecting the borders remains important, as the migration crisis is still far from over, he said.
On Wednesday morning Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received President of the International Canoe Federation José Perurena, Secretary-General Simon Toulson, and President of the Hungarian Canoe Federation Etele Baráth.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has informed kormany.hu that Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó has held talks with Foreign Minister of Egypt Sameh Hassan Shoukry, in order to prepare for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s visit to Cairo, which is scheduled for May.
On Wednesday, Government Commissioner for Maintaining the Performance of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant Attila Aszódi told public television channel M1 that “one of the major tasks of preparing for the Paks Nuclear Power Plant expansion is the site investigation, the aim of which is to determine what effect the environment could have on the power station and to ensure that these factors are taken into account during planning”.