Tag: szijjarto
Macedonia 06.04.20 | 13:23

Szijjarto: I’m here on invitation from Mickoski, who asked for our assistance

I’m here on invitation of VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, who asked for our assistance, said Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, who delivered a significant package of medical assistance to Macedonia today. Szijjarto held a joint press conference with Mickoski, after delivering...

Macedonia 06.04.20 | 12:40

Interior Minister Culev welcomed Hungarian Minister Szijjarto and the shipment of medical aid

Interior Minister Nake Culev welcomed Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto to Macedonia today, as he delivered a large package of masks and medical protective gear to support Macedonian doctors and nurses. The situation linked to the Covid-19 pandemic calls for cooperation, support and sharing...

Macedonia 06.04.20 | 12:36

Joint press conference Mickoski – Szijjarto (LIVE)

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski holds a joint press conference with Hungarian Foreign Affairs MInister Peter Szijjarto. Szijjarto arrived to Macedonia today to deliver a package of 100.000 masks and 5.000 medical protection suits. The press conference will be available here.

Macedonia 06.04.20 | 10:58

Hungary helps Macedonia: Szijjarto delivers 100.000 masks and 5.000 medical suits

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto delivered a package of 100.000 masks and 5.000 protective medical suits to Macedonia this morning, to help our efforts to fight the coronavirus epidemic. This is the second significant bilateral shipment of assistance, after a planeload arrived from Slovenia...

Macedonia 06.04.20 | 10:01

Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto delivers medical aid to Macedonia

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto arrives to Macedonia today to deliver a package of medical aid for tacking the coronavirus epidemic. This is the second such shipment to arrive to Macedonia, after a planeload delivered from Slovenia last week, following a request sent out from the opposition...

Balkans 09.03.20 | 11:43

V4: Hungary’s 2015 migrant stance is now the generally accepted approach in Europe

Hungary’s strong conviction expressed in 2015, when the first wave of migrants reached Europe, has become a generally accepted approach in Europe, the Hungarian foreign minister told Hungary’s public broadcaster. EU foreign ministers meeting in Zagreb adopted a statement which says the bloc’s...

Economy 22.01.20 | 10:04

V4: Europe can’t achieve climate neutrality without nuclear energy

Without nuclear energy Europe cannot achieve climate neutrality by 2050, so the EU must end its negative discrimination of nuclear energy, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said at the Central & Eastern Europe Nuclear Industry Congress in Prague on Tuesday. He said the construction of two...

World 19.12.19 | 14:43

V4: Hungarian FM says UN tries to force through its migration compact rejected by many states

Hungary, along with some like-minded countries, including Poland, who share a similar position on migration, will make every possible effort to prevent the UN’s global migration package from becoming a basis of reference in international law, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told a UN...

World 03.10.19 | 21:32

Szijjarto denies reports that the UK asked Hungary to veto any Brexit postponement

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto denied reports that his government received a request to veto a possible postponement of Brexit. The United Kingdom has not requested that the Hungarian government exercises its right of veto in the European Council and prevents the EU from allowing a delay...

Macedonia 24.06.19 | 17:25

Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto calls for urgent opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that the decision by the European Council not to allow Macedonia to open accession talks this summer was very unfair. Szijjarto said that, despite the issue of Nikola Gruevski’s political asylum, Hungary remains a major supporter of Macedonia. We...

Macedonia 18.06.19 | 20:30

Hungary’s Szijjarto: The decision not to open accession talks immediately is shameful

Following the meeting of European foreign ministers in Luxembourg, where Macedonia was again denied a date to open EU accession talks, Hungarian chief diplomat Peter Szijjarto said that it is a shameful decision. Hungary was a leading member of the group of a dozen main central European countries who...

Macedonia 13.06.19 | 15:09

Szijjarto: Of course our diplomats are meeting with Gruevski, Zaev was also charged with corruption but he received a pardon

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto was unapologetic after a Foreign Ministry official was seen meeting with former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who received political asylum in Hungary. Szijjarto said that it is normal that diplomats will meet with Gruevski, given his depth of experience...

World 23.03.19 | 14:34

Szijjarto: Fidesz was not suspended, we decided to temporarily step aside from the EPP

Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto told RT that the European People’s Party (EPP) did not suspend Fidesz from the European Parliament, but in fact, a mutually acceptable compromise was reached under which Fidsz temporarily suspended themselves. Szijjarto explained how, while Fidesz is remaining firmly on...