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FM: Hungary can stay out of Ukraine war only by preserving its sovereignty
"Hungary doesn't want to be dragged into the war. So we must maintain our sovereignty," Minister Szijjártó said.
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FM: Christianity provides firm foundation for cooperation between Hungary and Lebanon
Minister Szijjártó met Gebran Bassil, head of Lebanon's Christian Free Patriotic Movement, for talks in Budapest on Monday.
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FM: Unacceptable for the EU to pursue a policy of widening and escalating the war
Minister Szijjártó pointed out that neither the European Union as a whole nor any of its member states are threatened by any risk of war, not even from Russia.
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FM: European economy is paying the price of the incompetence of Brussels bureaucrats
Minister Szijjártó said Donald Trump was elected in November 2024, and "it was known that he would conduct a patriotic economic policy which may include raising tariffs."
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FM: Black Sea ceasefire is another step towards establishing peace in Ukraine
Minister Szijjártó expressed his appreciation for US President Donald Trump’s peace efforts, noting that "such talks were absolutely impossible" before Trump took office.
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FM: Hungary's security depends on East-West cooperation and OSCE is best forum for ensuring it
Minister Szijjártó said Hungarians lost "forty years of our lives" due to the conflict between East and West.
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FM: New era in US-Hungary relations
"If Donald Trump can't broker peace in Ukraine, no one can," the foreign minister said, adding that Hungary fully supports Trump's endeavors.
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FM: Ukraine joining EU before Western Balkans is out of the question
"No one can think that Ukraine is in a better state [of preparedness] today than any of the Western Balkans countries," the foreign minister said.
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FM: Unacceptable that EC is replacing shelved USAID funding with EU taxpayers' money
The foreign minister welcomed that US President Donald Trump was "bravely and openly confronting the international liberal mainstream", adding that the Hungarian government was fully behind these efforts.
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Foreign Ministers of Hungary and Austria discuss Ukraine's EU integration endeavors
Péter Szijjártó had consultations with his new Austrian counterpart about continued violations of the ethnic Hungarian community's rights in Transcarpathia and on Ukraine's EU integration endeavors.
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FM: US extends Hungary's exemption from sanctions against Russia's Gazprombank
Minister Szijjártó noted that the sanctions against Gazprombank, introduced by the outgoing American administration days before their term of office ended, had put Hungary and other countries in the region in a difficult position in terms of gas supply.
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FM: Brussels cannot make decisions above our heads
"They want to quickly push Ukraine into the European Union … and sacrifice the rights of Transcarpathian Hungarians," the foreign minister said.
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Foreign Minister welcomes agreement to end border dispute between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Minister Szijjártó welcomed the "wise decision" that had eliminated a source of tension and contributed to regional and, in turn, global security.