Diplomacy

House Speaker Laszlo Kover has sent his condolences to his German counterpart over the passing of Wolfgang Schauble, former president of the Bundestag, according to a statement released on Wednesday.

Bulgaria's law repealing the increased transit fee on gas deliveries to Hungary has taken effect with its publication in the official gazette, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said on Facebook on Friday.

Hungary-Slovakia relations are in peak shape, and both sides have a mutual interest in developing them further, Peter Szijjarto, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said on Wednesday.

The "grand plan" is for Turks and Hungarians to be "winners together in the 21st century", Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after signing a bilateral priority strategic partnership agreement with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday.

President Katalin Novak received Recep Tayyip Erdogan, her Turkish counterpart, with military honours at Heroes' Square in Budapest on Monday morning, the Presidential Office said in a statement.

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Friday congratulated Radoslaw Sikorski on his appointment as Poland's new foreign minister.

If the Hungarian Association of Vojvodina (VMSZ) continues to have a major role in the political life of Vojvodina and Serbia, support from Hungary can be implemented more effectively, Zsolt Semjen, the deputy prime minister, said in Conoplja (Csonoplya) on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Ana Brnabic, his Serbian counterpart, in Brussels, on Wednesday, Orban's press chief said.

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, who met Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in Brussels on Monday, said on Facebook that Hungary did not see its stance on Ukraine's EU accession bid as a tactical issue.

Former US President Donald Trump and Hungarian Ambassador Szabolcs Takacs were among the guests addressing an annual gala dinner hosted jointly by a US and a Hungarian organisation in Manhattan on Saturday evening.