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Hungary opposes punitive tariffs levied by the European Union on Chinese electric vehicles, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said in New York late Monday.

International politics needs to change fundamentally in order to tackle the current severe crises, and it should return to "mutual respect ... and stop using peace as a swearword", Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in New York on Monday.

China is ready to cooperate further with Hungary in the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Hungarian government's Eastern Opening policy, Gong Tao, China's ambassador to Hungary, said at a conference in Budapest on Friday.

Speaker of Parliament Laszlo Kover has sent a telegram of condolences to his Portuguese counterpart over the deadly wildfires raging in the Iberian country, Parliament's press office said on Friday.

Strong, sovereign countries add to NATO's strength, a defence ministry official said on Thursday, opening an international conference entitled "NATO75: Hungary and the Future of NATO" in Budapest on Thursday.

The pagers used in detonations in Lebanon were purchased by a Sofia-based company from Taiwan, news portal Telex has reported, adding that the Hungarian company linked to the case did not play an active role in the supply of the devices.

A "manhunt" for politicians and governments that reject migration is under way, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, said in Budapest on Wednesday, referring to the EU's "huge fine" levied on Hungary and the six-year prison sentence sought for Matteo Salvini, Italy's deputy PM.

The European parliamentary group Patriots for Europe are standing by Italian deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, the leader of the League party, against whom prosecutors are seeking a 6-year prison term, Fidesz MEP Kinga Gal, the deputy leader of PfE, said on Tuesday.

The stakes in a United States presidential election have never been as high as they are now, Balazs Orban, the Hungarian prime minister's political director, said in a keynote address to an international geopolitical summit in Budapest on Tuesday.

Northern and western European, and Baltic states, should "finally put an end to deception" and talk sincerely about the issue of European Union enlargement, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday.