"The universal values upon which the United States was founded - liberty, fundamental freedoms, democracy, the rule of law and independence - are important not only for the American nation but for Hungarians and other nations as well", Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi declared at a reception hosted by the US Embassy on the occasion of Independence Day, the American national holiday.
The Government of Hungary has recently issued a Memorandum in response to the report drafted on the state of fundamental rights in Hungary by rapporteur Rui Tavares.
The negative reference to the judiciary’s independence was removed from the country-specific recommendations of the European Union for Hungary and was replaced by a more general statement on strengthening the judiciary, therefore Hungary will not be forced to exercise its right of veto – said MFA Minister of State Enikő Győri at a press meeting in Budapest on 26 June.
On July 3, upon the initiative of the Hungarian side, Foreign Minister János Martonyi had a meeting with US Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis concerning the recently surfaced documents on NSA information gathering.
A high-level meeting focusing on nuclear security held under the aegis of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began in Vienna on 1 July, with Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister János Martonyi as Conference President.
Hungary supports the efforts of the United States to promote a political settlement in Syria and the Israeli–Palestinian peace process, Deputy State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Szabolcs Takács said in Washington on 29 June.
The friendship between Hungarians and Poles is an unbreakable, "emotional-historical" bond, said Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi in Budapest on Wednesday.
Formal talks with Serbia on EU accession are to commence by January 2014 at the latest - Foreign Minister János Martonyi revealed the decision reached at the meeting of the EU Ministers of European Affairs in Luxembourg on June 25.
Joint Declaration of the Foreign Ministers of the Visegrad Countries and Croatia on the Occasion of the Croatian Accession to the EU
(26 June 2013, Budapest)
Parliamentary State Secretary Zsolt Németh received Canadian Ambassador Tamara Guttman on the occasion of Ambassador Guttman leaving her post in Budapest.