Péter Szijjártó said the Russian foreign minister always strived to accommodate the requests of the Hungarian government and was positive and open to resolving important matters affecting the sides.
The foreign minister said the suggestion by “Brussels bureaucrats” that Hungary was letting spies from Russia and Belarus into the European Union was “a complete lie, but it appears that...
Minister Szijjártó said Hungary wanted peace because it had been living in the shadow of the war for two and a half years now.
Minister Szijjártó said the West’s strategy had “failed" and the situation on the battlefield had not gone the way the Europeans and the Americans had hoped.
5 July 2024, Moscow (Москва)
Minister Szijjártó said the government rejected all forms of pressure aimed at forcing Hungary to stop all cooperation with Russia.
Minister Szijjártó met Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session.
Alexander Novak said that despite the international sanctions, Russia is able to complete maintenance on the TurkStream gas pipeline and Hungary’s natural gas supplies will remain undisturbed in the upcoming period.
As a member of the European Space Agency, Hungary aims to maintain extensive and balanced cooperation with its foreign partners.
Gergely Gulyás said it is in the interest of Hungary and Europe as a whole to maintain dialogue with Russia, just as it was in their interest to strengthen economic ties “as far as possible within the current framework”.
The foreign minister said the Hungarian government aims to further strengthen a recent “wave of dialogue between Western allies and Russia” to ease tensions.
Hungary and Russia have jointly been tackling the challenges brought about by the coronavirus pandemic and the energy crisis, Viktor Orbán said in Moscow, while also calling his visit a peace mission.
The talks will also touch on progress in the upgrade of the Paks nuclear plant, food and space industry, and cooperation in air and railway transport.