Political director: Hungary ‘has many friends in US’
Hungary "has many friends" in the United States, Balazs Orban, the prime minister's political director, said in an interview to public radio on Sunday, in connection with Viktor Orbán's meeting with Donald Trump in the former US president's residence Mar-a-Lago, in Florida.
Azbej: Hungary condemns Boko Haram kidnappings in Nigeria
Hungary's government condemns a terrorist attack by the Boko Haram militant group involving the kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian women and girls, a foreign ministry official said on Friday, expressing the government's sympathies with the victims and their families.
China to offer visa-free travel to Hungarians
China will offer visa-free travel to Hungarians from March 14, and starting next month, airlines will again operate 13 weekly flights between Budapest and four major Chinese cities, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday.
Ratification documents for Sweden’s NATO accession submitted in Washington
The ratification documents for Sweden's NATO accession have been submitted at the US department of state, the foreign minister said after personally taking the documents to Washington, DC, and then phoning his Swedish counterpart on Thursday.
Hungary to give Bosnia-Herzegovina full support in EU integration process
Hungary will provide full support to Bosnia and Herzegovina to move forward its EU integration process, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after meeting his Bosnian counterpart in Budapest on Wednesday.
Survey: 51 percent of Hungarians would welcome Trump win
Fully 51 percent of all respondents in a recent survey by Real-PR 93 said they thought Hungary would benefit if Donald Trump won the November US presidential election, the pollster said in a statement on Tuesday.
President signs ratification of Sweden’s NATO accession
Hungary's new president Tamas Sulyok signed parliament's ratification of Sweden's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) on Tuesday, according to the Sandor Palace's website.
Szijjarto: Ukraine’s response to Hungary requests ‘no step towards restoring minority’s 2015 rights’
Ukraine's response to Hungary's 11-point document on minority rights is not bringing closer the restoration of the Hungarian community's rights to 2015 levels, the foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Trump ‘guarantee of peace, good Hungary-US relations’, minister says
The Hungarian government wants the world to be more peaceful and Hungarian-US relations should develop in a positive way in the coming period, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister said in New York on Monday, adding that those goals would be aided by Donald Trump's ...
Szijjarto: Situation in Middle East ’cause for mounting concern’
Hungary is following the situation in the Middle East with mounting concern, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, said in New York on Monday, urging the avoidance of any escalation of the conflict there. He said a broadening of the conflict entailed the risk of ...