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Ukraine joining the EU quickly would have unforeseeable consequences and would serve neither Hungary nor the bloc's interests, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told MPs on Wednesday. He said it was important to hold a substantive debate on Ukraine's accession in parliament in respect of ...

Prior to meeting OECD chief Mathias Corman in Paris on Wednesday, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, said the crises of recent years had upended the global political and economic status quo.

The European Union is not united on the issue of starting accession talks with Ukraine, Kinga Gal, an MEP of Hungary's ruling Fidesz, said in Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Despite the pressure that has been applied, the European Union's General Affairs Council did not make a decision on Tuesday on starting Ukraine's EU accession talks, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Brussels.

Hungary will not change its mind in connection with starting Ukraine's European Union accession talks and financial support for the country, the minister of EU affairs said on Tuesday.

Hungary belongs to the pro-enlargement camp in the European Union and considers the "discrimination" against the Western Balkans "unacceptable", the foreign minister said ahead of a meeting of the General Affairs Council in Brussels on Tuesday.

It would be premature for the European Union to start accession talks with Ukraine, the Hungarian Institute for Foreign Affairs (MKI) said in a report published on Monday.

Mahamat Deby, the president of Chad, met Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and applauded Hungary for its role played in Africa, the foreign ministry's spokesman said.

Serbs can only be successful by working together with Hungarians and vice versa, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview to Serbian news agency Tanjug.

The Hungarian government has completed its "largest economic development programme in Africa ever" in Uganda, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Kampala on Friday.