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János Martonyi

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Myanmar opposition leader and the President of Vietnam to visit Hungary

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 11, 2013 5:09 PM

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be arriving in Budapest on 13 September, and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang is scheduled to visit Hungary on 15 September, Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Péter Wintermantel announced today.

Zsolt Németh: military intervention in Syria should be avoided

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 11, 2013 4:11 PM

Military intervention in Syria should be avoided if at all possible since it could cause serious problems, MFA Parliamentary State Secretary Zsolt Németh declared before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian Parliament on 11 September 2013.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary commemorates the victims of terrorism

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 11, 2013 8:47 AM

On the twelfth anniversary of the terrorist attacks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary commemorates all those who perished on September 11, 2001, in the cities of New York and Washington, D.C., as well as in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. We honour the victims and express our solidarity with those who lost their loved ones in this heinous attack.

Hungary joins initiative on enhancing personal data protection

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 10, 2013 4:55 PM

Upon the initiative of German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, the five Foreign Ministers of Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, and Lichtenstein sent a letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay concerning the protection of personal data on 6 September 2013.

Foreign Minister János Martonyi on the crisis in Syria

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 10, 2013 9:56 AM

Hungary has a principled and consistent position concerning the crisis in Syria. We have made it clear that the Assad regime has lost its legitimacy to govern Syria because it has waged a war against its own people without any scruples.

Szabolcs Takács: Central Europe must support the integration of the Western Balkans

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 5, 2013 3:25 PM

It is the responsibility of Central Europe to emphasise the advantages of the European integration of the Western Balkans and to not allow „enlargement fatigue” to spread across the whole European Union, MFA Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs and Political Director Szabolcs Takács declared at the Krynica Economic Forum in Poland, on September 4.

Minister Martonyi’s statement on Robert Schuman, who passed away 50 years ago

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 5, 2013 11:16 AM

On the fiftieth anniversary of his death, I pay tribute to the memory of Robert Schuman, who was one of the Founding Fathers of the European Union, and served as a Prime Minister and a Foreign Minister of France.

French Senate delegation visits Budapest

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 5, 2013 11:13 AM

Minister of State for European Affairs Enikő Győri, and MFA European Director Bálint Ódor hosted a delegation of the French Senate's French-Hungarian Friendship Group, on September 4.

EU accession talks with Turkey must continue

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 4, 2013 3:47 PM

The impetus for the EU accession talks with Turkey must be maintained, because if the talks came to a halt, it would send a negative message to both Turkey and the European public, said Deputy State Secretary Gergely Prőhle following a strategic forum held in Bled, Slovenia, where Central European policy-makers discussed regional and European issues.

Foreign Ministry officials meet with President of the IFRC

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 4, 2013 1:35 PM

Minister of State for Public Administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Iván Bába and MFA Political Director Szabolcs Takács both held separate discussions with President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Tadateru Konoé on 3 September 2013.