
Szijjarto in UN: Supporting poorest countries ‘best way to ensure peace’
The best way to ensure peace and security is to provide economic assistance to the least developed countries, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said at the United Nations General Assembly session currently under way in New York.

Conditions for peace are not going to improve, Szijjarto tells CNN
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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Szijjarto: Mediation should be in focus rather than weapons deliveries in Ukraine war
The international community should focus on mediation and dialogue when searching for a solution to the war in Ukraine, rather than weapons deliveries, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in New York on Thursday, at a meeting of the UN Group of Friends of Mediation.

Mi Hazank: WHO mustn’t be allowed to become ‘world government’
Rather than "slavishly building the system", Hungary's leadership should resist efforts to turn the World Health Organization into a "world government", the deputy leader of opposition Mi Hazank said on Thursday.

President Novak in UNSC: Hungary ready to take part in any peace initiative for a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine
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' ...

Global health-care cooperation must be totally depoliticized, minister says
Szijjarto: UN should spend less on bureaucracy, more on preventing terrorism
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.

President Novak in UNGA: ‘There is no alternative to peace’
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.

Novak highlights peace, support for families at UN SDG Summit
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.

Foreign minister: V4 cooperation in nations’ interest
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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Szijjarto: EU in need of ‘rational reforms’, with enlargement a priority
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.

Kover in Tbilisi: Euro-Atlantic integration a must for Georgia
Speaker of Parliament Laszlo Kover, on an official visit to Tbilisi, said Georgia should be allowed to join the European Union and NATO.
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Thirtieth anniversary of freedom for Lithuania
Deadly day of protest remembered
Although each January 13 is a day of celebration in Lithuania, it is also a day of sorrow and remembrance for those who fell on that date in 1991 while seeking independence for their country. Thirty years later in Budapest, Ambassador to Hungary Vytautas ...

Having "to remain in one of the transit zones ... constitutes detention", ECJ says
EU court: Hungary failing to fulfil obligation to protect asylum-seekers
Hungary has failed to fulfil its obligation under EU law to grant international protection to illegal migrants from third countries, the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg ruled.

US presidential elections: how they work
Winner must secure 270 Electoral College votes
Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wants to see the similarly politically aligned United States President, Donald Trump, re-elected on Tuesday, November 3. Trump came to power four years ago despite recording a popular vote of 62.9 million to Democrat rival Hillary Clinton’s 65.8 ...