Péter Szijjártó held talks with the foreign ministers of seven countries on Tuesday local time in New York as part of the session of the UN General Assembly, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote in a statement.
According to the ministry, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade agreed with his Georgian and Indian counterparts, David Zalkaliani and Subrahmanjam Jaisankar, that the migration outflow from Afghanistan must be prevented, as it would pose a serious security, cultural and health risk for Central Asia, the Caucasus and Europe. both.
Hungary also provides assistance to several Asian and Latin American countries in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic, so an agreement was reached with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on the sale of 400,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines, which will be delivered to Hanoi this week. In addition, the agreement on the purchase of 400,000 vaccine doses was finalized with Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai.
Negotiations have begun with both Southeast Asian countries on the mutual acceptance of vaccination certificates, the ministry announced. Hungary delivered 20,000 doses of vaccines against special childhood diseases to Ecuador, and donated 100,000 protective masks to the Venezuelan refugees staying there.
On Tuesday, Péter Szijjártó signed an agreement on diplomatic training cooperation with Mauricio Montalva Samaniego, the foreign minister of the Latin American country. David J. Francis' meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone led to an agreement that the Hungarian scholarships for Sierra Leonean students would be increased from ten to fifty.
Source: origo.hu
Opening image: One of the seven bilateral negotiations: an agreement with Ecuador on the joint training of diplomats. Source Péter Szijjártó facebook
