Diplomacy

Hungary will not prevent Ukraine's accession with the European Union when the time comes, Istvan Ijgyarto, Hungarian ambassador to Kyiv, said in a television interview reviewed by the news portal European Pravda on Tuesday.

The Croatian foreign ministry has misunderstood something, state secretary Tamas Menczer said on Tuesday commenting on the Croatian foreign ministry summoning Hungary's ambassador in Zagreb over comments by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on the European Union plan to phase out Russian oil imports.

Talks between Hungarian government officials and the president of the European Commission on the latest EU package of sanctions against Russia on Monday yielded some progress, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said, adding, however, that more discussions were needed in order for Hungary to change ...

The Hungarian embassy has moved back to Kiev, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, said on Monday.

Cooperation among the four Visegrad Group countries based on mutual respect is more important today in all areas of the economy including competition law, the Hungarian foreign ministry's state secretary said addressing the V4 Competition Law Conference in Budapest on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will pay an official visit to the Vatican where he will have a private audience with the Pope on Thursday, the prime minister's press chief said.

Cooperation between Hungary and Turkey has always been a key focus of Hungarian foreign policy, and this will continue to develop, the foreign ministry said in a statement in connection with a visit by Peter Szijjarto to Ankara on Tuesday.

Serbia "should have been admitted into the European Union yesterday", but the bloc can still make things right "if the country joins tomorrow", Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Szeged, in southern Hungary, on Wednesday.

Foreign ministry state secretary Levente Magyar on Wednesday talked to Ukrainian Ambassador Lyubov Nepop, and rejected what he called "unfair accusations" levelled by Ukrainian leaders against Hungary.

The use of sanctions will not bring about peace in the Western Balkans, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after meeting Bosnian officials on Tuesday, adding that European politicians should engage in talks with the local leaders in order to better understand the situation in ...