In Brussels on Thursday afternoon, after his meeting with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, Viktor Orbán stated that we are not facing a refugee issue in Europe; many of those among the illegal migrants are refugees, but there are more who are not, the Prime Minister said.
Hungary continues to be committed to protecting its borders, continues to insist on the provisions of the Schengen Agreement, and will enforce the Agreement, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated in Brussels before he had talks on the migrant crisis with Donald Tusk, President of the European Council.
Hungary should not be criticised for doing its duty; it should instead be left to do what it has to do, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday in Brussels, after a meeting on the migrant crisis with Martin Schultz, President of the European Parliament.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has held telephone talks with Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić on the migration crisis on the Serbian-Macedonian border, Press Chief of the Prime Minister’s Office Bertalan Havasi informed kormány.hu.
“Those who are overwhelmed cannot offer shelter to anyone”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wrote in a guest letter for German conservative daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), parts of which FAZ published on its website on Wednesday.
On Thursday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will take part in talks in Brussels on the crisis situation caused by migration. He will hold meetings with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, with President of the European Council Donald Tusk and with President of the European People’s Party Joseph Daul.
In a Facebook post on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated the Hungarian participants who have achieved outstanding results in the WorldSkills 2015 Sao Paolo competition.
Representing the subsequent host country of the World Aquatics Championships, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received the flag of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) on Sunday at the closing ceremony in Kazan.
Press Chief of the Prime Minister’s Office Bertalan Havasi has informed kormany.hu that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Rustam Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan, on Friday evening in Kazan (the capital of the Republic, which is part of the Russian Federation). In their meeting they discussed economic matters.
Press Chief of the Prime Minister’s Office Bertalan Havasi has informed kormany.hu that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will be travelling to Kazan at the weekend to receive the FINA flag on the last day of the world championships. At every championships the flag is transferred to the subsequent host.