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Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the BRICS Business Council and the New Development Bank (NDB) to ensure greater cooperation among BRICS countries

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Khaltmaa Battulga, the President of Mongolia had talks in Budapest on Tuesday about long-standing Hungarian-Mongolian economic and cultural cooperation, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed.

Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog and Veronika Skvortsova, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation had bilateral talks in Budapest yesterday.

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic had talks today with Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs and EP Rapporteur on Serbia David McAllister.

Belarus will fulfill all agreements with Egypt, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Egypt Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Hassan Shoukry.

“On the invitation of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Budapest on 28 August to attend the opening ceremony of the Wrestling World Championships”, the Prime Minister’s Press Chief informed Hungarian news agency MTI.

The Republic of Karelia in Russia's northwest and Fujian province in southern China are expected to sign an agreement during the upcoming BRICS summit that could see trade bolster significantly between the two favored jurisdictions

“Police apprehended 162 illegal border crossers within the territory of Hungary between Friday and Sunday”, the National Police Headquarters informed Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday.

Prime Minister to the new Head of the SBGS: Ukraine needs a strong border security, an effective struggle against smuggling and high-quality service for citizens

The United States views the visit of President Putin to the Russian occupied Georgian territory of Abkhazia as inappropriate and inconsistent with the principles underlying the Geneva International Discussions, to which Russia is a party.

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic sent a telegram of condolences to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi. 

Meeting Dacic - RustemovFirst Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic received today Nurbakh Rustemov, the non-resident Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Serbia, seated in Budapest.

Opponents of the Affordable Care Act say the law hurts the job market. These economists disagree.

Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has called upon the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) grouping to exercise international leadership in countering terrorism, in tune with the growing role of the emerging economies in setting the global agenda