Interstate relations

On the Knowledge Day, September 1, Ukraine celebrates another important event - entry into force of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, which is the first and an extremely important step in the return of our country to the European family. It was stated by President Petro Poroshenko in Kharkiv.

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.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulates Sapar Isakov on his appointment as prime minister of Kyrgyzstan.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade appreciates the fact that the Dutch Foreign Minister telephoned him on Friday with relation to the statements made by the outgoing Dutch Ambassador

“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

Hungarian police, who will be taking part in border control operations, have set off for Serbia and Macedonia, the Police website announced on Monday.

Special Envoy of the Government of Germany on reforming Ukraine: "Germany is interested in the success of reforms in Ukraine and my appointment as Special Envoy of the Government of Germany is a concrete manifestation of such interest"

Prime Minister Pavel Filip met the head of the Swiss Cooperation Office (SCO) in Moldova, Simone Giger, today, in the context of developing a new framework for cooperation between the Governments of Switzerland and Moldova for the following five years.

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.