Diplomacy

US State Secretary Antony Blinken on Tuesday greeted Hungary, marking the country's national holiday.

Levente Magyar, a state secretary of the foreign ministry, has met the US deputy national security adviser for European affairs in Washington, DC, to discuss the future of bilateral ties.

Hungary welcomes Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's recent visit to Beijing and her talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said late on Monday that he had great respect for Polish diplomacy, so it was "bad to watch it sinking into a mud of lies".

"Hungary's peace mission is causing huge frustration across Europe," Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an interview published by the Swiss weekly Weltwoche on Wednesday.

Hungary and Slovakia have jointly initiated a consultation procedure at the European Union against Ukraine in connection with an "unexpected and unfriendly move" which involved partially halting crude oil supplies, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday.

Hungary will provide Georgia with all support to protect its sovereignty and accelerate that country's European Union integration, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after talks with his Georgian counterpart, Ilia Darchiashvili, in Budapest on Friday.

Slovakia will not join any attempt or activity that aims to boycott the Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini said on Thursday.

Bilateral dialogue between Hungary and Slovakia should not only be maintained but strengthened so the two countries could serve their individual and joint interests even better, President Tamas Sulyok said on Thursday, after meeting his Slovak counterpart, Peter Pellegrini, in Budapest on Thursday.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will attend the fourth European Political Community (EPC) summit at Blenheim Palace near Oxford on Thursday, the prime minister's press chief has said.