The foreign minister said terrorism creates a vicious circle with illegal migration, given the fact that terrorism is one of the major root causes for migration and one of the...
Minister Szijjártó noted that the world had recently undergone two major shocks in the form of the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
The foreign minister said that Hungary could not support Ukraine’s Transatlantic and European integration as long as ethnic Hungarian schools were “at risk” in the country.
The foreign minister told a UN conference in Doha that the negative effects of the war in neighboring Ukraine directly affected Hungary.
The foreign minister said Hungary calls on the international community to finally focus on saving human lives by achieving a ceasefire in Ukraine and creating peace as soon as possible.
A survey by the UN's IOM found that 20% of Hungarians have knowledge of a case of human trafficking in their immediate surroundings.
Csaba Kőrösi said the war in Ukraine must end as soon as possible and a ceasefire must be achieved.
“We, the Hungarian people did not want this war in the neighborhood and we do not want this war to be continued,” the foreign minister said.
The foreign minister said he would ask the UN leaders to intercede with the Russians in the interest of starting negotiations with the Ukrainians to achieve peace as soon as possible.
This week’s United Nations COP26 conference in Glasgow did not yield enough specific commitments aimed at combating climate change.
Minister Varga said the government’s climate policy is standing its course and has been recognized by a growing number of countries in the world.
“The foreign ministers of European Union countries do not seem to have grasped the full scope of the danger yet," said Péter Szijjártó.
The foreign minister emphasized the importance of providing help at the point where it is needed instead of causing problems where there are none.