The mood has changed towards Iran and once a solution is found to the country’s nuclear programme, it could offer Hungary great potential to develop ties and boost exports, the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs told Hungarian news agency MTI in New York after addressing the UN General Assembly’s session on 30 September 2013.
Hungary is ready to send chemical and biological experts to Syria to support efforts to put the country’s chemical weapons under international control, Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi told the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 30 September 2013.
The Government of Hungary is shocked at the news of the terrorist attack carried out on 29 September 2013 by extremists in Nigeria, claiming the lives of many students and children, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
Hungary welcomes the UN Security Council’s binding and enforceable resolution that demands the rapid and controllable eradication of Syria’s chemical weapons, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. The resolution was approved unanimously on Friday.
Foreign Minister János Martonyi held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Afghanistan, Iraq and Kazakhstan on the margins of the plenary session of the UN General Assembly on Thursday in New York City.
The substantial victory achieved at the parliamentary elections in Germany this Sunday by the conservative CDU-CSU party alliance, which fell short of an absolute majority by only a few mandates, provides the realistic chance of a grand coalition with the Social-Democrats (SPD) or of a coalition with the Green Party, MFA Deputy State Secretary for EU bilateral relations Gergely Prőhle said on September 24.
The Hungarian Government assures the people of Pakistan of its sympathy and solidarity for the extreme damage and loss of life caused by the devastating earthquake that struck the southern regions of Pakistan, expressing at the same time its sincere and profound condolences to the relatives of the victims of this dreadful natural disaster.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary learned with deep regret about the cruel attacks recently committed in Peshawar, Pakistan, claiming a great number of civilian victims and casualties.
Hungary’s position is that the United Nations’ presence will be needed on the long term in Afghanistan, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Political Director Szabolcs Takács, at the meeting of the International Contact Group on Afghanistan and Pakistan in New York City. He stated that the reason for this is that among others the global organization continues to play an important confidence building role in the Afghan society.
Hungary and Finland have an interest in maintaining European Union unity since otherwise future integration would be compromised, Zsolt Németh, state secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary said in Helsinki on 19 September.