Minister Szijjártó said another reason why peace in the Middle East was important for Hungary was that, as a Christian country, Hungary felt responsible for persecuted Christian communities there.
"We are grateful to President Donald Trump and the Republican administration for this, because the Paks upgrade project guarantees Hungary’s long-term energy security and maintains regulated utility prices," Minister Szijjártó said.
Szabolcs Takács said Trump’s messaging on Ukraine and his efforts to broker an agreement were in line with Hungary’s pro-peace stance.
Minister Szijjártó expressed his appreciation for US President Donald Trump’s peace efforts, noting that "such talks were absolutely impossible" before Trump took office.
The foreign minister said US international aid agency USAID "were the basis of massive political corruption in our country".
The prime minister said the new US president's inauguration meant that "proponents of the global liberal ideology have lost the capital of the greatest power in the Western world."
The foreign minister said Donald Trump and his pro-peace policies could ensure the best chance for an end to the war.
"We are in continuous talks and will strike a good deal with the new US administration," PM Orbán said in a Facebook post.
Hungary and the United States now share the same positions on the issues of border protection and immigration and gender policy.
The foreign minister said Hungary had battled not to be pushed into war in recent years, nor to be forced to accept migrants.
Hungary's presidency of the Council of the European Union, which concluded at the end of December, is not merely the end of a chapter but the start of a transformative period, according to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
"Ten days until the pro-peace Donald Trump is inaugurated. The world is about to change," Tamás Menczer said.
The prime minister said that "these days when two people, two men, sit down to talk either in Europe or America, they can certainly not avoid having a word about peace and about war".