A total of 240 company-to-company meetings are taking place at the Hungarian–Russian business forum in Moscow on Tuesday.
Minister Szijjártó said it was likely from the "brutal military actions of recent days" that the war in Ukraine would last longer than expected.
Minister Szijjártó pledged to continue pursuing the "Hungarian peace mission".
Péter Szijjártó said the Russian foreign minister always strived to accommodate the requests of the Hungarian government and was positive and open to resolving important matters affecting the sides.
The foreign minister said the suggestion by “Brussels bureaucrats” that Hungary was letting spies from Russia and Belarus into the European Union was “a complete lie, but it appears that facts do not bother either them or Manfred Weber”.
Minister Szijjártó said Hungary wanted peace because it had been living in the shadow of the war for two and a half years now.
Minister Szijjártó said the West’s strategy had “failed" and the situation on the battlefield had not gone the way the Europeans and the Americans had hoped.
5 July 2024, Moscow (Москва)
Minister Szijjártó said the government rejected all forms of pressure aimed at forcing Hungary to stop all cooperation with Russia.
Minister Szijjártó met Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session.
Alexander Novak said that despite the international sanctions, Russia is able to complete maintenance on the TurkStream gas pipeline and Hungary’s natural gas supplies will remain undisturbed in the upcoming period.
As a member of the European Space Agency, Hungary aims to maintain extensive and balanced cooperation with its foreign partners.
Gergely Gulyás said it is in the interest of Hungary and Europe as a whole to maintain dialogue with Russia, just as it was in their interest to strengthen economic ties “as far as possible within the current framework”.