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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is an "indispensable" player of the conservative camp, and European conservative cooperation is only possible with his Fidesz party, the minister for European affairs told the French daily Le Monde.

Hungary is determined to take resolute action against illegal migration during its upcoming presidency of the Council of the European Union, the foreign minister said on Friday, adding that new migration routes were emerging and pressure was increasing on south-eastern Europe.

Hungary firmly condemns Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, but unless the country "takes the weapon of linguistic self-defence out of the Russian president's hands", he will get to hold on to that "nuclear option", the head of parliament's foreign affairs committee said on Friday.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriach of Jerusalem for talks on aid to Christians in the Middle East, in Budapest on Thursday.

The genocide charge against Israel "is nonsense", the foreign minister said in Jerusalem on Wednesday, pledging Hungary's full support for the country in all forums where it is under attack for its counter-terrorist operations launched in response to the "hellish" October 7 attack.

It is vitally important to avoid a third world war and prevent the escalation of the war in Ukraine, President Katalin Novak told a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday.

Balazs Hidveghi, an MEP of ruling Fidesz, on Tuesday slammed Brussels for applying "double standards" and remaining silent in the face of "blatant violations of the rule of law in Poland".

Hungary backs annual reviews of the Ukraine Facility, the European Union's proposed instrument to provide financial support to Ukraine, Finance Minister Mihaly Varga said after a meeting of his EU peers in Brussels on Tuesday.

Rather than financing Ukraine directly, the European Union should put money into its Ukraine strategy which may include financial or other aid to Ukraine, Janos Boka, Hungary's European affairs minister, told daily Corriere della Sera during a visit to Italy on Tuesday.

The European Union and the Belgian presidency of the Council of the EU must consider achieving a ceasefire and peace talks resulting in a lasting and fair peace in Ukraine a priority, the head of ruling Fidesz's group in the European Parliament said on ...