Szabolcs Takács, Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs paid an official visit to Japan, and had meetings with senior officials at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry for Economy, Trade and Industry, the Japanese Business Federation, the Japanese External Trade Organization, and the Asian Development Bank Institute.
Szabolcs Takács, Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had meetings with high-level officials in Manila, Philippines.
Péter Sztáray, Deputy State Secretary for Security Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed that Hungarian–US relations would continue to be strong even after the US presidential elections. Since President Obama remained in office, the Hungarian Government does not expect any major changes.
Enikő Győri, Minister of State in charge for European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Hungary would not accept any solution in handling the euro crisis that would be disadvantageous for the non-Eurozone members of the European Union. The Minister of State presented the country’s position in front of the Hungarian Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 13.
Hungary has offered its experience in its post-communist transformation to Egypt since there are parallels between the related developments of both countries, the Hungarian State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Zsolt Németh stated November 14, 2012.
Iván Bába, Administrative State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Peter Weiss, Ambassador of Slovakia in Hungary, opened an exhibition entitled „Visegrad Through My Eyes” in the building of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 14 November 2012.
Iván Bába, Administrative State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ilan Mor, Ambassador of Israel in Hungary, opened the exhibition „Visa for Life” in the main building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs November 13. The exhibition commemorates diplomats who rescued many persecuted Jews during the Second World War by risking, and even at times sacrificing, their own lives.
Germany’s concerns regarding the preparedness of Croatia to join the European Union have abated – Gergely Prőhle, Deputy State Secretary in charge of European Bilateral Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared in Berlin on November 9.
Crisis management must not be allowed to endanger the achievements of European integration, Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi said in Berlin November 9, 2012.
At the Hungarian-German Forum in Berlin on November 8, Minister of State in charge of European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Enikő Győri declared that EU member states should not let „new walls rise within the European Union”.