Classic diplomacy is a thing of the past; instead, foreign policy today should “clearly and avowedly” aim to validate foreign economic aims, “without any shame”, Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s trade chief who is to become foreign minister, has told daily Népszabadság. By putting foreign economic relations in the focus of foreign policy, the performance of the people in charge will be easy to measure, based on access to new export markets and Hungarian companies’ participation in tenders abroad, as well as drawing foreign resources to the Hungarian economy, he said.
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