Hungary Seeks Balanced Relations
- 30 Jan 2017 6:22 AM
At a news conference on Friday, the minister said Hungary sought balanced relations with powers that had a significant impact on the region, such as the United States, Russia, Germany, China and Turkey. Among diplomatic events of the first half of the year the minister mentioned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit, at which leaders of the two countries will discuss economic, energy and cultural issues.
Concerning details of the visit, Szijjártó said that Putin would arrive at midday on Feb. 2, and have a closed-door meeting, a plenary discussion and an international press conference in the afternoon.
Szijjártó also announced that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will visit China in May, and have talks with the Chinese president.
He added that Hungary would host a central and eastern Europe-China meeting later in the year. On top of those events, 2017 will see summits with the Turkish, Serbian, and Slovenian governments, and a visit by the Israeli prime minister, Szijjártó said.
In the summer, Hungary will take over the rotating presidency of the Visegrád Group, focusing on construction of the missing NorthSouth links, switch-over to a digital economy, energy security and Brexitrelated issues, he said.
Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.
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