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Minister Martonyi Appointed Ministerial Commissioner for UN Water Conference
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 25, 2013 1:40 PM
Foreign Minister János Martonyi appointed Deputy State Secretary Gábor Baranyai as the Ministerial Commissioner in charge of preparing the UN conference on water management and sanitation to be held in Budapest this October.
Cooperation of Visegrád, Baltic and Nordic States is to be Developed
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 21, 2013 5:35 PM
Parliamentary State Secretary Zsolt Nèmeth declared that the cooperation of Visegrád, Baltic and Nordic states could be efficient when it comes to EU enlargement, EU neighbourhood policy and relations with Russia. The Secretary of State of the MFA responsible for Parliamentary Affairs represented Hungary at a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Visegrád group (V4 - Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia), the Baltic States and Scandinavian countries held on 20th February in Gdansk, Poland.
New Impetus to Hungarian-Slovak Relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 20, 2013 3:20 PM
On Tuesday, Foreign Minister János Martonyi received Slovak Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Miroslav Lajčák, who accompanied the President of Slovakia, Ivan Gašparovič, on his two-day visit to Budapest.
State Secrertary Bába opened New Diplomatic Training Centre
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 19, 2013 3:23 PM
Administration State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Iván Bába opened the Ministry's new simulative training centre on February 18.
State Secretary Németh: Framework to be Defined to Monitor Ukraine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 19, 2013 2:00 PM
Zsolt Németh, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represented Hungary at the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on Monday. Following the meeting, the Hungarian State Secretary declared that the Eastern Partnership was also on the agenda.
Hungary Supports the European Integration of Ukraine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 18, 2013 2:19 PM
Hungary supports the European integration aspirations of Ukraine at all levels, and plans to continue the cooperation that began with the Transcarpathian region under the auspices of the Eastern Partnership programme; Hungary also wants to increase the number of border crossings between the two countries – said Zsolt Németh, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ungvár (Uzhgorod) on February 15, where he arrived for a two-day official visit to the Transcarpathian region.
Wallenberg memorial unveiled in Ukraine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 18, 2013 1:24 PM
A memorial plaque dedicated to Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved tens of thousands of Jews in Hungary in 1944-45, was unveiled in Mukacheve (Munkács), in Ukraine’s Transcarpathian region February 16, 2013.
Enikő Győri Visits Imprisoned Hungarian in Bolivia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 15, 2013 2:04 PM
On the sidelines of talks in La Paz February 14, 2013, Minister of State Enikő Győri visited Előd Tóásó, a Hungarian national imprisoned in Bolivia.
Hungary maintains common EU position on Iran
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 15, 2013 1:28 PM
Hungary's position on Iran has not changed: the international community should be given the chance to make sure that the Iranian nuclear programme serves peaceful purposes, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry stated on Thursday.
State Secretary Zsolt Németh met NATO Deputy Secretary-General
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 14, 2013 6:15 PM
State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Németh met Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary-General of NATO February 14, 2013.