Diplomacy

Georgia should have been granted EU candidate status alongside Ukraine and Moldova, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, said in Tbilisi on Friday. He said the decision was "inexplicable ... and harmful to Europe".

Hungary and the German federal state of Bavaria have signed a new three-year cooperation scheme aimed at preserving their shared economic achievements in the current "challenging period", Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday.

Volodymyr Zelensky spoke to Viktor Orbán by phone on Tuesday, and their discussion focused on Ukraine's bid to join the European Union and Hungary's welcoming of war refugees, Orbán's press chief told MTI.

Zsolt Nemeth, the head of parliament's foreign affairs committee, has welcomed the European Commission's decision to recommend granting EU candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova, but said it was "regrettable" that it has recommended that Georgia be denied candidate status.

Both Hungary and Slovakia have benefitted a lot from their cooperation in the current rather tense global economic situation in which stable and predictable ties are of high value, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Budapest on Friday, after talks with Ivan Korcok, his ...

The head of parliament's sustainable development committee said on Thursday he expected Slovak authorities to state when they will order a stop to pollution of the River Sajo which flows from the neighbouring country into Hungary.

It is "shameful" that European enlargement has stalled in the recent period, Peter Szijjarto, Hungary's foreign minister, said on Wednesday in Podgorica. European security and economic competitiveness would improve with the integration of the Western Balkans, he added.

Leaders of the International Red Cross understand Hungary's policy on the war in Ukraine, and the importance of the decision to reject the transport of weapons, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Geneva on Tuesday.

Hungary and Serbia have reached an energy deal for ensuring both countries' energy security which is more comprehensive and significant than any agreement signed hitherto, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Belgrade on Friday.

Fidesz MEP Laszlo Trocsanyi said on Thursday that giving the European Parliament the right to directly initiate legislation would contravene the spirit of the European Union's treaties.