The foreign minister said the war in Ukraine poses particularly serious challenges to the country, which is why Hungary “is arguing for peace” and wants the fighting to end as...
The foreign minister said Singapore is Hungary’s most significant trading partner in the region, adding that relations “are especially friendly”.
“What we are witnessing is that this campaign is turning into a sort of emotional blackmail,” Minister Szijjártó told an event organized by the DialogUngarn German-Hungarian economic organization in Budapest.
The foreign minister said a Hungarian-Ethiopian agreement in the works on economic cooperation and the elimination of double taxation is part of that effort.
Levente Magyar, the foreign ministry’s parliamentary state secretary, said Hungary counts on South Korea as a partner in shifting its labor-intensive economy to a knowledge-intensive economy.
Péter Szijjártó said on Monday that he had met Wang Yi, the director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party, for the 15th time and Hungary profited greatly from cooperation with China.
István Nagy said Germany is traditionally Hungary’s most important economic partner, and this applies to the agricultural sector too.
Minister Varga said Kazakhstan “is an important strategic partner” in Central Asia and a key player in the development of Hungary’s eastern relations.
The foreign minister said this could contribute to Tehran returning to peaceful coexistence in the international community.
The foreign minister said Uzbekistan and Hungary have provided the conditions for mutually beneficial cooperation and “there are no political disputes between the two countries”.
Péter Szijjártó said the negative impacts of the war in Ukraine were being felt worldwide.
The meeting was organized for the signing of a letter of intent on cooperation between the parliaments of the two countries.