Deputy State Secretary of Foreign Affairs János Hóvári’s Address to the 13th Annual Conference of Global Development Network Hungarian Academy of Sciences, June 16, 2012.
On 14-15 June 2012 the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosts for the first time the Annual NATO Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction, Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation. Hosting the conference demonstrates Hungary’s commitment to the non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Political, religious, and local community leaders unanimously condemned the anti-Semitic assault against a rabbi in Budapest. Civil associations also raised their voice in support of Chief Rabbi József Scweitzer.
Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi sent a letter of solidarity to Chief Rabbi Emeritus József Schweitzer June 6, 2012. Dr. Schweitzer fell a victim to an anti-Semitic verbal abuse on the previous day.
Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi gave an interview to MTI Hungarian News Agency. The Minister highlighted that Hungary has made major progress in the implementation of its foreign policy goals amidst adverse external conditions and “deep and fundamental” changes in the country since Viktor Orban’s government came to office two years ago.
The first Annual Stakeholder Seminar of the EUSDR (EU Strategy for the Danube Region) Energy Priority Area, coordinated by Hungary and the Czech Republic, took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary on May 31, 2012.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary most firmly condemns the murder of more than hundred persons including children in Houla, Syria. We express our most sincere condolences and deepest compassion to the families of the victims.
The amount of cohesion funds disbursed to Hungary has increased significantly in the past two years. According to the European Commission’s latest data, the Orbán Government was able to draw EUR 5.1 billion from the available funds in less than two years, by 1 April 2012.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary most firmly condemns the degradation of Raoul Wallenberg’s memory and the brutal defilement of his statue in Budapest.
Zsolt Németh, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Foreign Ministry, stated that even if all the circumstances demonstrate that it is impossible, we can always choose the right way, choose life, and it is a moral duty of human beings to decide for the right path. At an international conference in Budapest on Tuesday, Ilan Mor, Israel’s Ambassador to Budapest said that during the Holocaust humankind had shown its worst side.