Hungarian Minster of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, who is currently in Washington D.C. attending the Nuclear Security Summit, conducted bilateral negotiations and concluded economic cooperation agreements with his Brazilian and Nigerian colleagues on Friday.
On Friday, György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister told public television channel M1 that as part of the anti-terrorism action plan the Government could implement small but important changes. Secret services would for example be provided with mobile communication “solution codes”.
On Monday, György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister told public television channel M1 that illegal migration has not come to an end with the agreement between the EU and Turkey aimed at halting the wave of migrants; that problem has not been solved.
On Saturday evening György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, told Hungarian television channel M1 that it is still unknown who is behind the government computer cyber-attacks, which seem to have been highly organised.
Due to the increased number of illegal border violations in the last few days, in response to a request from the Ministry of the Interior, the Hungarian Defence Forces (HDF) have started the further physical reinforcement of the temporary border barrier in certain sectors along the Hungarian–Serbian border. In order to finish the work as soon as possible, more HDF units were deployed into the area at the weekend.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has confirmed that the Hungarian government is taking the threat of terrorism seriously, and that it has enacted the necessary measures. In an interview given to the public media in Washington on Friday, the Prime Minister expressed his satisfaction that Hungary is regarded as advanced from a nuclear energy point of view, and that its safety system is deemed to be outstanding.
A five-party consultation was held on Friday at the Ministry of Interior regarding the Government’s counter-terrorism action plan which will be debated by the Cabinet on Monday, and in the wake of this debate, there will be another consultation with the parliamentary parties. After the Friday consultation, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said: there were no fundamental disagreements on professional issues, and an agreement may well be reached.
It has been mainly attributable to profitable and increasingly successful domestic enterprises that future perspectives are favourable for both Hungary and the Hungarian economy, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the presentation ceremony of the Awards for Successful Enterprises in Budapest. The Minister handed over awards for six companies in three categories.
Hungary has received the Atoms for Peace Award for its measures taken for the total elimination of highly enriched uranium stocks. The prestigious international recognition was received by Minister for National Development Miklós Seszták at the Nuclear Industry Summit (NIS) in Washington, D.C. on 31 March 2016.
On Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó held negotiations with the vice presidents of General Electric and Google, both members of the US-Hungarian Business Council.