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PM Orbán in Moscow: Hungary values its good relations with Russia

“It is in Hungary’s national interest that cooperation between the two parts of Europe are as good as possible"

PM Orbán: Nobody takes away our right to border protection

Hungary is neither a transit zone, nor a holding camp

PM Orbán: “They want to take away from us the keys to the gate”

Who will protect Hungary's border then?

FM Szijjártó: Sargentini Report adopted through voting fraud

The government is currently examining avenues for legal redress

Christians in the Middle East

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FM: Hungary will continue its policy of supporting Christian communities in the Middle East

Jul 27, 2018

In the past two years they have spent 4.5 billion HUF on supporting Christian communities in the Middle East so that they do not have to leave their homes, the foreign minister revealed

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Hungary has been helping persecuted Middle East Christians return home, reveals foreign minister

May 15, 2018

Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told a conference focusing on the victims of ethnic and religious conflicts in Brussels that Hungary’s policies will help persecuted Christians return to their homelands in the Middle East

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PM Orbán: Hungary to offer further assistance to persecuted Christians in the Middle East

Dec 22, 2017

Hungary will provide financial support for the reconstruction of a school destroyed in Syrian battles, and will offer scholarship opportunities in Hungary for students from Christian communities

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Hungary’s policy of supporting and aiding persecuted Chritians is the first of its kind in the world

Oct 26, 2017

Hungary’s efforts in aiding persecuted Christians have even been recognized by the Secretary for Relations with States for the Holy See

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PM Orbán: "Hungary is helping persecuted Christians to return home”

Oct 13, 2017

“We, Hungarians, want Syrian, Iraqi and Nigerian Christians to be able to return home to the land that their ancestors have inhabited for hundreds of years as soon as possible, this is what we call Hungarian solidarity (…) Hungary helps," the prime minister said

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Hungary lends Lebanon a hand to help refugees and rebuild Christian churches

Jun 12, 2017

Hungary's foreign minister highlighted how important it was for Europe to maintain Lebanon’s stability, and Hungary would double the 400 million EUR allocated to Lebanon for refugee services under an agreement with the EU in order to help economic development

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Hungary launches scholarship program to help persecuted Christians in the Middle East

Jun 06, 2017

Christian students will cooperate with local religious leaders in promoting the project. The Hungarian state also offers scholarships to several hundred Muslim students

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PM Orbán signs agreement to restore houses of Iraqi Christians in Telskuf

May 31, 2017

The Hungarian government has issued a decree with the aim of helping persecuted Christian families stay in, or return to, their homelands in the Middle East. In total, 580 million HUF (1.9m EUR) has been set aside to restore the houses in Telskuf

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Hungary helps Iraqi Christians with 145 million HUF in pharmaceutical aid

May 30, 2017

The Hungarian government hopes the provision of aid bears the message that “we are aware of the suffering that people living in the Middle East are having to endure, and especially Christians"

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Hungary Helps: 2 million USD to re-build community in Iraq

May 29, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

The Hungarian government has been a strong advocate for allocating resources to aid and reconstruction efforts in communities impacted by war, rather than importing the problems to Europe. In its global initiative to bring help where it is most needed, the government of Hungary aims to do more than its fair share and has recently allocated 2 million USD toward the reconstruction of a Christian community near Mosul.

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Hungary continues its humanitarian aid efforts to help persecuted Christians

May 25, 2017

The Hungarian government has allocated 1.9 million EUR to rebuild 200 Christian homes in Iraq, 470,000 EUR to buy medical supplies for a hospital, 400,000 EUR to build a Christian school, and 500,000 EUR to provide humanitarian aid. The Syrian Catholic and Orthodox churches will receive 1 million EUR each

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PM Orbán meets the Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Vienna to discuss migrant crisis

Apr 28, 2017

During the meeting, the parties concluded that the best help for Christians in the Middle East will come in the form of support for the restoration of livable conditions in their native lands, rather than their migration to Europe

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Hungary to extend participation in the fight against IS up until late 2019

Apr 03, 2017

Hungary agrees that the complete elimination of the Islamic State (IS) terror group is key to solving the migration crisis and the problem of the nascent disappearance of Christian communities in the Middle East

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Hungarian government donates 3 million euros to helping Christians in Middle East

Mar 28, 2017

Donations will be allocated to rebuild homes in Iraq, and used to support the humanitarian work carried out by Catholic and Orthodox Christian charities in Lebanon

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Hungary says no UN member state should use human rights as a pressure tool against other nations

Mar 01, 2017

Hungary's foreign minister said it is important that no UN member state should use human rights as a tool of exerting pressure on another state. It is equally important that none of the member states should “be held hostage” in a dispute that purely concerns inter-state relations

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PM Orbán meets patriarch of Syrian Orthodox Church to help Christians in Middle East

Feb 22, 2017

PM Orbán promised assistance aimed at establishing university facilities in Syria, while in Iraq it is to contribute to the reconstruction of villages destroyed by war