The United Nations General Assembly session held in New York this week has failed as an opportunity to bring the peace in Ukraine closer, as large and strong countries decided it was not the time to start talks, the Hungarian foreign minister, said in New York.
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The circumstances for peace are not going to improve in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Peter Szijjarto, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said in an interview with CNN posted on his Facebok page on Friday.
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Hungary supports and is open to take part in any peace initiative that creates a feasible environment for a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine and creates a roadmap towards a sustainable and just peace, President Katalin Novak said in her address to the United Nations' ...
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The United Nations should spend less on bureaucracy and spend more on the global fight against terrorism which Hungary greatly contributes to, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in New York on Wednesday.
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There is no alternative to peace, President Katalin Novak said in her address to the 78th session of the United Nations' General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
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Without peace, efforts to advance sustainable development could be imperiled or remain ineffective, President Katalin Novak told the UN Sustainable Development Goals Summit in New York on Monday.
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At the first meeting of Visegrad Group foreign ministers under the Czech presidency, the participants said that continued cooperation was in their nations' interest, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Facebook on Monday.
Szijjarto: UNGA forum should be used as an opportunity to broker peace
The world should take the 78th United Nations General Assembly as an opportunity to broker peace in Ukraine, but that would require dialogue between the parties, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in New York on Monday.
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The European Union is in need of "rational reforms" and must view enlargement as a priority, as the integration of the Western Balkans would strengthen the bloc considerably, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told the Strategic Forum, held at Lake Bled, Slovenia, on Tuesday.
Szijjarto: Parliament to decide on Swedish NATO membership in autumn
Hungary's parliament is slated to decide on ratifying Sweden's accession to NATO this autumn, as the government submitted the relevant documents earlier this year, the foreign minister told Turkish channel TRT World on Monday.
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