and he can make the company profitable once again but that it hasn t been easy. it s been really quite a stressful situation over the last several months. not an easy one. but apart from the pain, i mean, so it s been quite painful. we are expecting president biden to arrive here as you ll see university soon and to address students inside. we have spoken to them already today. a huge sense of anticipation inside the university, it is not often that you have a president in town and is the world spotlight on your country. a lot of expectation around what he will say, the words he will use today. we know he will talk about the good friday agreement, 25 years since that was signed, but there will be lots of people looking at the language that he uses, because, of course, there is no power sharing at stormont here in northern ireland. that is something that, we understand he is hoping to address when he meets political leaders here today. the rain and wind has gone, it has been a
cohesion. hungary is a consistent outlier on many issues from supporting ukraine with weapons and sanctions to welcoming sweden into nato. my guest is hungary s foreign minister peter szijjarto. will hungary pay a price for its defiance? foreign minister peter szijjarto in budapest, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for the welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for the invitation - so much for the invitation again, i am so much for the invitation again, iam happy so much for the invitation again, i am happy to and. it is again, i am happy to and. it is again, i am happy to and. it is a pleasure again, i am happy to and. it is a pleasure to again, i am happy to and. it is a pleasure to have again, i am happy to and. it is a pleasure to have you - again, i am happy to and. it is a pleasure to have you back and do szijjarto. let me start with simple questions to be a terrible war has been raging in ukraine for more than
national assembly. the times reports on the possibility of further walk outs, with teachers and doctors unions threatening to join the strikes. so let s begin. thank you both forjoining us. geri, we will start with the guardian and the story we have been talking about, anticipating the rail strikes ahead. it says anger as ministers refused tojoin a ahead. it says anger as ministers refused to join a last minute effort to halt rail your thoughts? i refused to join a last-minute effort to halt rail your thoughts?- to halt railyour thoughts? i think we are all hoping to halt railyour thoughts? i think we are all hoping that to halt railyour thoughts? i think we are all hoping that we - to halt railyour thoughts? i think we are all hoping that we will. to halt railyour thoughts? i think we are all hoping that we will | we are all hoping that we will they will get around the table and bash out a deal, but it seems extremely likely these strikes will go ahead this week and
assembly tojoin a voted at the un general assembly to join a declaration demanding a full russian withdrawal from all ukrainian territory in accordance with international law. why is it so difficult for you to say that you want ukraine to push russian forces out of the country? russian forces out of the count ? ., ., , country? look, our position is absolutely country? look, our position is absolutely clear country? look, our position is absolutely clear since - country? look, our position is absolutely clear since the - country? look, our position is| absolutely clear since the very beginning of this war. we condemn the war in the strongest possible ways. we stand up for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of ukraine without any kind of doubt, with that territorial integrity and sovereignty of all countries including ukraine, must be respected. so we want to know us, the number one priority is to save lives of the people and in order to save lives of the people, this war mu
side or together. that, in effect, gives one side or the together. that, in effect, gives one side or the other a veto over power sharing happening. so is the moment, power sharing happening. so is the moment, the dup, which is the biggest moment, the dup, which is the biggest unionist group, are refusing tojoin biggest unionist group, are refusing tojoin a biggest unionist group, are refusing tojoin a coalition, in protest against tojoin a coalition, in protest against the pricks of trading arrangements for northern ireland. in arrangements for northern ireland. in essence, arrangements for northern ireland. in essence, there was a deal struck. the in essence, there was a deal struck. the brexit in essence, there was a deal struck. the brexit trading arrangements. this deal the brexit trading arrangements. this deal is brexit was resulting in checks on any goods brexit was resulting in checks on any goods coming into northern ireiand, any goods coming i