“The compulsory resettlement quota would change Europe’s social, cultural ethnic and religious make-up; a decision on such a serious issue cannot be made without asking the people”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday.
“The proposed comprehensive agreement between the European Union and Turkey has lost its relevance because conditions have changed fundamentally in view of the fact that the Western Balkan countries have closed their borders to migrants”, Péter Szijjártó said in Brussels prior to a meeting of EU foreign ministers.
The Prime Minister’s chief advisor for internal security believes that, due to the closure of the green border, migrants may also attempt to enter the territory of Hungary on trains.
The Minister heading the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister takes the view that the decision of the European Union on the mandatory distribution of migrants jeopardises Hungary’s sovereignty.
The Prime Minister’s chief advisor for internal security takes the view that Hungary’s international perception may significantly change after Austrian legal experts argued that the restrictions imposed by Austria on the reception of asylum-seekers cannot be deemed objectionable as the Treaty of the European Union lays down that the maintenance of public order and the preservation of internal security fall within the Member States’ own competence.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade issued a statement on Monday expressing its sympathy to the families of those killed in the terrorist attack in Ankara on Sunday and wishing a speedy recovery to those injured.
According to Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, German Minister of Justice Heiko Maas made a “harsh and false attack” against Hungary in an interview published in Saturday’s edition of German news magazine Der Spiegel.
“Europe’s interests must be considered as the starting point of relations between the EU and Russia; it is important that a pragmatic dialogue based on common sense and mutual respect is again established between the parties”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Monday at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
The Hungarian State spent HUF 80 billion on the management of the migrant crisis last year, the Prime Minister’s chief advisor for internal security said in answer to a question at a press conference held on Friday in Budapest.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's new five-year plan for Hungary, due next week, will target stakes in banks and expanding the country's gas pipeline network, the country's EBRD board member said on Tuesday.