In accordance with a request from President of the Republic János Áder, over the past few days Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been holding consultations on the formation of his new government. On Friday Mr. Orbán’s Press Chief Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI that this consultation process has come to a close, the Prime Minister has informed the boards of Fidesz and the KDNP of the results, and Hungary’s new government will be formed in the weeks following the inaugural sitting of Parliament.
In his reply to Viktor Orbán, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the Hungarian Prime Minister for his unshakeable friendship and the close alliance that has been established in recent years, and wished his Hungarian counterpart much success for his upcoming third consecutive term in office, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI.
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud have both congratulated Viktor Orbán on his recent election victory, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI.
At the opening ceremony of the 11th “Star of the Profession” festival at the Hungexpo fair centre in Budapest, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed that Hungary must build a country in which workers and work have prestige, and in which every young person can enter a valuable occupation or gain a useful qualification.
British Prime Minister Theresa May wrote about Hungarian-British partnership and mutual responsibility for the security of Europe in her letter of congratulation to Viktor Orbán; Irish PM Leo Varadkar thanked Mr. Orbán for the solidarity that Hungary has shown so far with relation to the Brexit negotiations, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI.
Commenting on Hungary’s recent parliamentary election result on Friday’s edition of the Kossuth Radio programme “180 Minutes”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that George Soros’s circles of financial speculators backed the wrong horse, and “right now they are on the losing side”.
Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte has sent a letter to Viktor Orbán congratulating him on his election victory, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent a letter to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to mark Israeli Independence Day, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI on Wednesday.
Maronite Patriarch of Antioch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi has congratulated Viktor Orbán on his recent election victory, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday.
In his letter of congratulation to Viktor Orbán, President of the Italian Forza Italia (FI) party Silvio Berlusconi also wrote about Hungary’s leading role, friendly Hungarian-Italian relations and the reinforcing effect that Fidesz’s recent election victory is having on the European People’s Party, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief, Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday.