FM Szijjártó happily laughing with Russian FM Lavrov on the day of Navalny’s burial

The two foreign ministers met in Antalya, Türkiye, on an international diplomacy forum and the Hungarian foreign minister was seated near his Russian counterpart. According to the video Szijjártó shared, they were having a good time by the table.

A Hungarian left-leaning media outlet, telex.hu, immediately connected the friendly chat with the fact that Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian prison under uncleared circumstances, was buried yesterday. The Russian police and authorities prepared carefully for the event. A Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, even threatened the partakers. Even so, crowds bid farewell to the late Russian opposition politician whose name President Putin never mentioned.

On Monday, the Hungarian leftist opposition commemorated Navalny by standing up in the parliament for one minute. However, PM Viktor Orbán and other leaders of Fidesz made it clear that they think about the Russian politician in another way. Orbán said Navalny was a Chauvinist, so he does not deserve respect. We detailed that statement in THIS article.

Telex.hu asked the Hungarian foreign ministry whether Norbert Konkoly, Hungary’s ambassador in Moscow, took part in the funeral. They have not received an answer yet.

Here is the video titled the zeroth condition of peace is discussion:

Bulgaria, Türkiye reliable transit route

Bulgaria and Türkiye will remain a reliable transit route for gas deliveries to Hungary ensuring the country’s energy security, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Friday, after holding bilateral talks with the Bulgarian and Turkish presidents on the sidelines of the Diplomacy Forum in Antalya on Friday.

The two countries play an important role in ensuring the delivery of gas to Hungary which will “most certainly” remain the case considering that Hungary already receives gas from Russia via Türkiye, Bulgaria and Serbia, he said.

“The Bulgarian and the Turkish presidents both expressed a clear viewpoint and pledged that their countries will ensure a reliable transit route for us in the coming years,” he said.

Szijjártó welcomed that an agreement was signed with Türkiye under which that country will deliver 275 million cubic metres of gas to Hungary in the second and third quarters of this year. He noted that Hungary would be the first country apart from Türkiye’s neighbours to import Turkish gas.

He noted that Hungary had over 4 billion euros worth of bilateral trade with Türkiye and over 2 billion euros with Bulgaria in 2023.

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