On June 25, 2010, Parliamentary State Secretary Zsolt Németh received Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, in the Foreign Ministry for a courtesy visit.
The Hungarian Foreign Ministry takes the position that, on the basis of the EU 2004/38/EK guidelines on the free movement of persons, Slovakia should not have denied President of the Republic Lászlo Sólyom entry to its territory; Hungary will pursue the case against Slovakia, taking it to the European Court of Justice.
The Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Hungary regards Sunday’s decision by the security cabinet of the government of Israel, easing conditions for the delivery of aid and commercial goods for civilian use, as well as certain materials which enable reconstruction, to the Gaza strip, as an important confidence-boosting development.
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini paid an official visit to Budapest on 16 June at the invitation of his Hungarian counterpart Janos Martonyi.
The National Assembly adopted the Political Declaration at its session on 14 June 2010 which can be downloaded from the following link.
Foreign Minister János Martonyi will pay a working visit to Washington on June 23-25, 2010, at the invitation of US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.
At the session of the General Affairs Council held in Luxembourg on June 14, 2010, Hungary and Poland made a joint application to the European Solidarity Fund (ESF) for financial assistance to mitigate the significant damage caused by heavy flooding in Central Europe since mid-May. A preliminary estimate of the damage in Hungary is under way, and the first official estimates are expected to be ready within the next two weeks.
The fourth seminar – organised as a part of the MoD’s sectoral Presidency training programme – took place on May 25.
Foreign Minister János Martonyi visited Serbia on June 10-11, 2010. In Belgrade he met his counterpart, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, as well as President Boris Tadic, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and Bozidar Djelic, the deputy prime minister in charge of integration. In Subotica, Mr. Martonyi met János Pásztor, the Chairman of the Vojvodina Alliance of Hungarians (VMSZ).
Foreign Minister János Martonyi will represent the Hungarian government at the forthcoming meeting in Luxembourg of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) and the General Affairs Council (GAC) on June 14. Foreign ministers and the EU ministers in charge of national development are also scheduled to meet on the sidelines.