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Ministry of Foreign Affairs active in the Phillippines aid program
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 7, 2014 3:33 PM
Collaboration among the Hungarian Government, the business sector and NGOs to provide aid to the victims of typhoon Haiyan can serve as a model of cooperation – Péter Wintermantel, MFA Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs, declared on Tuesday.
Minister Martonyi reopens embassy in Santiago de Chile
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 7, 2014 3:31 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi paid an official visit to Chile between January 5 and 7 and reopened the Hungarian Embassy in Santiago de Chile. He also had talks with his counterpart and with the leaders of the Chilean Congress.
Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention meeting chaired by Hungarian diplomat
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 23, 2013 12:05 PM
The 2013 Meeting of States Parties of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention was held in Geneva from 9 to 13 December, chaired by Ms Judit Körömi, Special Representative of the Foreign Minister for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation. For the first time in the history the Convention, the 2013 meetings were chaired by a female diplomat.
Minister of State Németh: Hungary and Croatia to form a joint energy committee
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 19, 2013 2:17 PM
Hungary and Croatia will be setting up a joint committee for energy issues next year, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry's Minister of State Zsolt Németh declared in Zagreb on Wednesday.
Minister of State Győri: the decision to start the accession talks with Serbia is a great success
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 19, 2013 1:27 PM
The greatest success from the perspective of Hungary at the two-day European Council meeting starting in Brussels on Thursday could be the decision by the Heads of State and Government to begin accession talks with Serbia – said Enikő Győri, MFA Minister of State for European Affairs at a press briefing on Wednesday. She recalled: EU ministers had already agreed about this at the meeting of the General Affairs Council. Serbia has delivered a lot, a lot of progress has been made in the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue and these efforts have to be rewarded by all means.
New web site for V4 scholars presented at the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 18, 2013 5:23 PM
A new website, funded by the United Kingdom’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the International Visegrad Fund, was presented at the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 18. MFA Deputy State Secretary Gergely Prőhle declared that the establishment of the web site demonstrated that Hungarian diplomacy and the Hungarian Presidency of the Visegrad Cooperation (V4) focuses on practical issues.
Hungary provides USD 500 000 in funding for education and culture in Transcarpathia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 18, 2013 2:00 PM
On December 18, Parliamentary State Secretary Zsolt Németh of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared that Hungary would contribute half a million US dollars to the renovation of educational and cultural institutions in the Transcarpathia region of Ukraine.
Deputy State Secretary Prőhle: Cultural ties belong to the core of Hungary–France relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 18, 2013 12:27 PM
Cultural ties are the solid core of relations between France and Hungary, Gergely Prőhle, Deputy State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in Paris on Thursday.
Minister Martonyi: EU remains open to signing pact with the Ukraine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 17, 2013 3:51 PM
There is no way to renegotiate the free trade and association pact between the European Union and Ukraine and the EU will not provide financial compensation for the Ukraine, but it remains open to signing the agreement, Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi said following the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday.
Minister of State Győri held talks with her Czech counterpart in Budapest
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 17, 2013 10:58 AM
MFA Minister of State for European Affairs Enikő Győri received Vojtěch Belling State Secretary for European Affairs of the Czech Republic in Budapest, on Friday. The purpose of the meeting was to prepare for the General Affairs Council next week and to discuss Member State positions on other EU affairs.