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State Secretary responds to Slovak reactions over Foreign Minister comments
Tamás Menczer said on Facebook that there was “something fishy” about “the great outcry” that Minister Szijjártó’s remarks caused in Slovakia.
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State Secretary: Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is backed by millions of Hungarians
Tamás Menczer, the foreign ministry’s state secretary for bilateral relations, was responding to acting Slovak Prime Minister Ľudovít Ódor’s remark that the Hungarian prime minister was “mostly alone in his...
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State Secretary: Ukraine war cannot be resolved on the battlefield
“There is only death on the battlefield, but no solution,” Tamás Menczer, the state secretary for bilateral relations, said.
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117 Hungarian nationals evacuated from Rhodes so far
Tamás Menczer said the ministry is in contact with 356 Hungarians on Rhodes altogether.
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Menczer: Brussels has launched yet another attack against Hungary and Hungarians
“We reject the renewed attack by Brussels and will defend Hungary’s sovereignty,” Tamás Menczer said.
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Government calls on Ukraine to stop curbing rights of Hungarian minority
Tamás Menczer also called on the European Union to put the issue on its agenda and “take meaningful steps” aimed at restoring the rights of Ukrainian Hungarians.
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State Secretary: Nova Kakhovka dam explosion proves need for ceasefire and peace talks
Hungary is on the side of peace, “and as long as it is up to us, it will stay that way,” Tamás Menczer said.
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State Secretary hits back at criticism of Hungary’s child protection law
Tamás Menczer responded on Facebook to a tweet by Jan Lipavský in which he said he was “sorry that Czechia would not join the European lawsuit over Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ law”.
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Hungary summons Slovak ambassador over foreign minister’s remarks
Rastislav Káčer said that if Russia managed to conquer Ukraine, Hungary could make demands of Slovakia that threatened the country’s territorial integrity.
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State Secretary calls on Slovakia’s FM to be respectful about Hungarians
“It is known that Foreign Minister [Rastislav] Káčer is only comfortable when he regularly speaks of the Hungarian prime minister in appalling terms,” Tamás Menczer said.
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State Secretary calls for energy-related sanctions against Russia to be scrapped
The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said recently that the EU sanctions against Russia were not aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
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State Secretary: Gas deliveries to Hungary are uninterrupted
Tamás Menczer said under a recent agreement Russia’s Gazprom would deliver up to a daily maximum of 5.8 million cubic meters of gas on top of contracted volumes in September and October.
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Ambassador of Estonia summoned to foreign ministry
The ambassador of Estonia has been summoned to the foreign ministry over “unacceptable” remarks by Estonian politicians criticizing Hungary.