Hungary and Liechtenstein are cooperating effectively in international organisations

“Hungary and Liechtenstein are strong allies in many issues in international organisations”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Wednesday in Budapest.

At the press conference following his meeting with Liechtenstein’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Culture Aurelia Frick, Mr. Szijjártó said: The two countries are cooperating with relation to UN reform, reinforcing the work of the International Criminal Court, and on the issue of a mechanism of accountability with relation to Syria.

“The two countries are members of a group that has set as its goal the reform of the United Nations Organisation in the interests of coherence and transparency, and we would like to reinforce the work of the International Criminal Court so it can act with a more wide-reaching mandate with relation to crimes against humanity”, he explained.

“The system of accountability with relation to Syria is also important because according to Hungary’s standpoint instead of encouraging migration we should be handling its causes, and this initiative furthers this cause”, he added.

Mr. Szijjártó also mentioned the fact that in addition, Hungary and Liechtenstein are also allies with relation to the fact that the right to set and impose taxes must remain within a national sphere of competence.

“Hungary’s economic strategy is based on low taxes, and accordingly it is of key importance that everyone should respect the fact that the right to set and impose taxes falls within a national sphere of competence. Hungary insists on this, it is an issue that affects competitiveness, and only countries with sufficient fiscal discipline are able to set low rates of tax”, he explained.