Hungary may withdraw from the International Criminal Court
Hungary is also reassessing its future participation in the International Criminal Court, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said after a phone call with his Israeli counterpart on Saturday.
“My Israeli counterpart, Gideon Sa’ar, and I reviewed the possibilities and plans for the settlement of the conflict in the Middle East,” Szijjártó said on Facebook. “I assured my colleague of Hungary’s support for any proposal that is capable of creating long-term peace and stability in the Middle East.”
“We were in agreement that the activities of the International Criminal Court have become seriously politicised, and that the ICC has discredited the international judicial system, so I informed him that Hungary, too, is reassessing its future participation in the organisation,” the minister added.
FM Szijjártó hails Egypt govt’s ‘responsible’ migration policy
Without the Egyptian government’s “responsible” policy, the migration pressure on Europe would be far more severe, Szijjártó said on Facebook on Saturday. Szijjártó said he had spoken with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty by phone and expressed Hungary’s appreciation for the stability the Egyptian government’s “responsible policy” provided for the North African region and how it helped Europe protect itself against waves of illegal migration.
Hungary therefore urges the European Union to give Egypt the 4 billion euros in financial aid that it has promised as soon as possible and without conditions, the minister said. “We have agreed to closely coordinate our efforts in the Sahel region, where reducing and curbing the threat of terrorism is in our shared interest,” he said. Hungary and Egypt have also agreed to elevate their relations to a priority strategic partnership at their next high-level meeting, the minister said.
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