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MEP calls for end of Islamic State's expansion in Africa
György Hölvényi highlighted the security situation in Burkina Faso and warned that the Islamic State was now expanding in the less secure countries of the Sahel region.
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PM Orbán signs agreement to restore houses of Iraqi Christians in Telskuf
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...
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Hungary helps Iraqi Christians with 145 million HUF in pharmaceutical aid
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...
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Hungary continues its humanitarian aid efforts to help persecuted Christians
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...
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Hungary sends its condolences to the UK following terrorist attack in Manchester
President Áder expressed sympathy for the families of the victims and wished people injured in the blast a speedy recovery. The president said in his message that everything must be done to ensure that “the lives of peaceful people cannot be threatened by those obsessed by destruction and terror”
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Hungary to extend participation in the fight against IS up until late 2019
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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Hungary's foreign minister meets with Trump Administration officials
Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, met members of President Trump’s White House staff in Washington, including: Jason Greenblatt, the United States special representative for International Negotiations as well as ethnic Hungarian advisor Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to the president for National Security Affairs
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Hungary to send more troops to fight in war against terror
“What we are seeing is that the greatest global danger to the civilized world is not posed by a state, but by a terrorist organization, and primarily by the Islamic State terrorist organization," Hungary's foreign minister said
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Foreign minister opens new Hungarian embassy in Washington
Minister Szijjártó expressed hope that the opening of the new building would mark the start of new initiatives resulting in a “common success story” with the US
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Europe's security challenges will not be solved without US-Russia help
Hungary's foreign minister has said that without cooperation between the United States and Russia, it will not be possible to face up to Europe’s security challenges effectively
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New US administration agrees with Hungary's defense strategy
“The goals of the new government of the United States confirm the correctness of Hungarian security policy thinking, it became apparent at the 53rd Munich Security Conference (MSC)," Hungary's defense minister said