TAKASAKI: As European lawmakers rush to introduce an AI Act to enforce rules on emerging tools like ChatGPT, their digital ministers agreed on Sunday( Apr 30 ) that the Group of Seven Advanced Nations should adopt” risk-based” regulation on artificial intelligence. However, such legislation actually also” preserve an open andContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: At a time of escalating geopolitical tension, the United States called on China on Saturday( Apr 29 ) to stop harassing Philippine ships in the South China Sea. The US State Department stated in a speech,” We call upon Beijing to refrain from its controversial and dangerous run.” FollowingContinue Reading
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council unanimously condemned on Thursday (Apr 27) a Taliban administration ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and called on Taliban leaders to “swiftly reverse” a crackdown on the rights of women and girls. The resolution – drafted by the UnitedContinue Reading
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council unanimously condemned on Thursday (Apr 27) a Taliban administration ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and called on Taliban leaders to “swiftly reverse” a crackdown on the rights of women and girls. The resolution – drafted by the UnitedContinue Reading
He said the circumstances of other eastern European countries are different due to their geographical locations and infrastructural levels, and hence cannot be compared to Hungary’s position.
“It’s very important to understand that the issue of energy supply is not an ideological issue. The issue of energy supply is not a matter of political taste. It’s purely physical. You need a source and you need a pipeline,” said Mr Szijjarto.
He added that it is crucial to maintain communication with Russia, in finding a resolution to the conflict. “If you close the channels of communication, you basically give up the fundamental hope for peace.”
Noting that Hungary is a member of both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU), Mr Szijjarto said: “We are loyal members of both organisations, but we have to stay on the ground of common sense and rationality.”
As a country neighbouring Ukraine, the war has had “severe and immediate impacts” for Hungary, noted Mr Szijjarto.
“It is not widely known, but there are Hungarian people dying in this war, given the fact that we have a significant Hungarian community living in the western part of Ukraine, some 150,000 Hungarians,” he said.
Many are citizens of Ukraine who have been mobilised to fight for the Ukrainian army, and die on the frontlines, said Mr Szijjarto.
US DEFENCE OF SOUTH KOREA A priority for Biden will be reassuring his guest over the US commitment to “extended deterrence” – the US nuclear and military umbrella South Korea falls under. “President Biden will reinforce and enhance our extended deterrence commitments to South Korea with respect to the threat”Continue Reading
LONDON: British foreign minister James Cleverly will urge China to be more open about the reasons behind what he called the biggest military build-up in peacetime history and said secrecy could lead to a “tragic miscalculation”. Relations between Britain and China are the worst in decades as London has restrictedContinue Reading
PARIS: France and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania expressed dismay after China’s ambassador in Paris questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet countries like Ukraine. Asked about his position on whether Crimea is part of Ukraine or not, Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye said in an interview aired onContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: Two dozen arms control advocates have urged President Joe Biden to use next month’s G7 summit in Hiroshima, which was hit by the first US atomic bombing of World War II, to reaffirm a US commitment to nuclear disarmament and readiness for arms control talks with Russia and China.Continue Reading
MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday (Apr 19) warned South Korea against sending weapons to Ukraine after Seoul opened the door to possible military aid to Kyiv in the event of a large-scale civilian attack. An ally of Washington, Seoul has provided non-lethal and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, but has so far ruledContinue Reading