FM: Hungary's peace mission must be further strengthened
The foreign minister warned of the danger of the escalation of the war in Ukraine.
The foreign minister warned of the danger of the escalation of the war in Ukraine.
“We Hungarians who live here in the neighborhood of war want peace as soon as possible,” the foreign minister said.
Minister Szijjártó noted that diplomatic relations between the two countries were broken off over ten years ago.
The foreign minister said Hungary “sends a message from the direct vicinity of the conflict that peace is needed as soon as possible”.
Trust me, they tried hard. But is the OSCE an institution we can even take seriously anymore?
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Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the summit had triggered a wave of dialogue on the situation in Ukraine between Russia and the West.
The OSCE delegation is paying a visit to Hungary on January 17-21 to gather information in preparation for the country’s general election in the spring.
Hungary’s government sees ethnic Hungarians as assets and links between Hungary and its neighbors.
The foreign minister has urged the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) special Ukraine mission to set up a permanent presence in Transcarpathia.
Late last year, the OSCE softened its position on laws against “fake news” proposed by a Socialist government, laws that were being roundly criticized internationally. This week, the OSCE took a stance to express concerns about Hungary’s draft laws against dangerously false information in a state of emergency. If the government is leftist, it seems, laws against fake news are okay. But if not, then not so much. Because…press freedom.
Dr. Mikola highlighted the fact that Jewish communities in Hungary are living in safety, and said the Hungarian government is doing everything possible to ensure that this remains the case
Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said that Hungary was concerned about Ukraine’s new education law, which curbs the rights of ethnic minorities to education in their mother tongue