Hungary to attend Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland at foreign ministerial level
Hungary will attend the Ukraine peace summit due to start on June 15 in Switzerland at the foreign ministerial level, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in St. Petersburg on Thursday, adding that the government regretted that the summit will not be attended by both ...
Ader: Negotiations could lead to peace
"Should NATO declare war on Russia for any reason, Hungary, a NATO member, will become a party in the war," former President Janos Ader told public Kossuth Radio on Tuesday.
Szijjarto: Putting end to ‘world war frenzy’ in interest of Europe, Africa
Putting an end to the war in Ukraine and "the world war frenzy evolving in Europe" as soon as possible "is in the interest of the peoples both in Europe and in Africa," Peter Szijjarto, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said in ...
Kovacs: War or peace at stake in EP election
At stake in the European parliamentary election will be whether war or peace prevails, Zoltan Kovacs, the state secretary for international relations and communications, said during a campaign tour on Thursday.
Szijjarto: War in Ukraine causing ‘serious economic damage’
Apart from the casualties and destruction, the war in Ukraine "is causing serious economic damage", which underlines the importance of establishing peace as soon as possible, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, said in Brussels on Thursday, adding that "unimpeded economic development" was conditional on ...
Szijjarto: Hungary ‘shocked’ by statements threatening escalation of war
Hungary is "shocked by statements concerning Western troops to be sent to Ukraine, a possible use of nuclear weapons or even introducing mandatory conscription in Europe," Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, said in Minsk on Wednesday.
Trump: ‘Orbán doesn’t want war; I don’t want war either’
"If you look at Viktor Orbán, 'cause we don't want to see wars, I don't want to see wars," Donald Trump, the former US president, said in an interview with the podcast Timcast.
Szijjarto calls for rejecting ‘the very idea of European conscription’
Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, on Tuesday called for rejecting "the very idea of European mandatory conscription", saying it must be made clear that "no one will take young Hungarians to the Ukrainian front with any kind of force or on the basis of ...
Szijjarto at WHO GA: Politicising international organisations ‘extremely dangerous’
One of the fallouts of the war in Ukraine is that international organisations have become "over-politicised", which the Hungarian government considers "extremely dangerous", the foreign minister said in his address to the general assembly of the World Health Organisation in Geneva on Tuesday.
Hungary won’t back Rutte as NATO Secretary General
Hungary does not support Mark Rutte's candidacy for NATO secretary general, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, said on Monday, adding that as full trust was a basic requirement in the alliance, and the Dutch leader had in the past talked about "bringing Hungary to ...