Zsolt Németh welcomed recent comments by President Mateusz Morawiecki on reviving bilateral and Visegrad Group cooperation “in the current difficult economic and political situation”.
Zsolt Németh noted the battered euro, inflation and soaring energy prices, as well as “chaos in international diplomacy”.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accepted an invitation to Tusványos, as well as László Tőkés, head of the Hungarian National Council of Transylvania.
Zsolt Németh praised the CoE for acting swiftly and decisively when the war broke out while maintaining its unity and expressing solidarity with Ukraine.
The campaign, launched in connection with the war in Ukraine, calls on social media platforms to repel the fake news coming out of the Kremlin and to strengthen the European and Russian information spaces.
“We consider it important for the Council of Europe to strengthen its relationship with the EU, as there is room for closer cooperation when it comes to the EU’s enlargement policy and the CoE’s activities related to security,” Zsolt Németh said.
Zsolt Németh said the most important task in the European Union is to restore unity after a period of division.
The international community should strive for close humanitarian cooperation with Afghanistan’s neighboring countries.
“Central Europe is a success story and we want to make it even stronger but also expand it to all of Europe,” Zsolt Németh said.
Rik Daems has held talks with Hungarian leaders on minority rights and the right to a healthy environment in Budapest.
Zsolt Németh said vaccinations and border reopenings are issues for epidemiologists to decide and are not political questions.
Lawmakers in Hungary are scheduled to approve a declaration to mark the 30th anniversary of cooperation between the Visegrad Group countries.
Németh said it was expected of Western countries, the European Union and NATO, and member states of the Council of Europe that they should provide their full support to the democratic movement within Belarus.