Diplomacy

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Buenos Aires on Saturday, his press chief said.

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto had talks by phone with Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian President's Office, at the initiative of the Ukrainian party, the Hungarian foreign ministry's spokesman told MTI.

Hungary and Chad are launching comprehensive cooperation in areas covering security, the economy, humanitarian issues and education, the foreign minister said in N'Djamena on Thursday.

Hungary's minister for European Union affairs met his counterpart and other government officials in Belgrade on Tuesday and discussed the state of bilateral ties and Hungary's upcoming EU presidency.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the leader of Hungary's ruling Fidesz party, held talks with former Czech premier Andrej Babis, the head of the opposition ANO party, in Budapest on Tuesday, the PM's press chief said.

The Philippines remains one of Hungary's key partners in Southeast Asia, Levente Magyar, the deputy foreign minister, said in Budapest on Tuesday.

US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman "behaves as if Hungary were the 51st state of the United Sates and he were its governor," Tamas Menczer, the foreign affairs state secretary, told public television on Monday.

Gergely Gulyas, the head of the Prime Minister's Office, attended a conference marking the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Hungary and Germany, in Budapest on Monday.

Maintaining "Hungarian-Polish brotherhood" is a central element of Hungary's foreign policy strategy, even if the two countries may disagree on certain issues, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday.

Economic Development Minister Marton Nagy held talks with Radovan Viskovic, the prime minister of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia, in his office on Thursday, his ministry said.