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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has expressed his sympathies and pledged Hungarian aid to Jean-Clement Jeanbart, the retired Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo, after reports that the archeparchy's residence collapsed during last week's earthquake, killing one priest and injuring Jeanbart.

President Katalin Novak, paying a visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain on Thursday, called for energy and economic cooperation to be strengthened.

The leaders of large and powerful countries have a responsibility not to sever all ties between East and West and not to make it impossible to restore cooperation, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday.

Europe must provide help and assistance in every form to earthquake-hit Turkiye and Syria without delay, an MEP of ruling Fidesz said on Tuesday, adding that those countries can count on Hungary's continued help.

The voice of peace is growing louder outside the transatlantic world, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Facebook on Monday after meeting his Kyrgyz counterpart, Zheenbek Kulubaev, in Dunakeszi, north of Budapest.

Securing an immediate ceasefire and starting peace talks in Ukraine is the only way to fulfil "the critical task of saving lives", Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Minsk on Monday.

The rescue team of the Hungarian Baptist Charity returned from south-east Turkiye, hit by a devastating earthquake, on Sunday morning.

"Saving lives is only possible through a ceasefire and peace," the foreign minister said on Sunday, adding that the Hungarian government was aiming for an immediate ceasefire and peace talks in the Ukraine war.

As migration pressure on Europe continues to increase, the continent's future will depend on the protection of its borders, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday, after attending a European Union summit in Brussels.

Russian cruise missiles have not violated Hungary's airspace, the defence ministry said on Friday evening.