{"id":757,"date":"2024-09-17T15:21:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T15:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hungaryembassy.orderofmalta.int\/?post_type=news&#038;p=757"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:03:33","slug":"the-grand-master-meets-the-president-of-the-republic","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/hungaryembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/the-grand-master-meets-the-president-of-the-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grand Master meets the President of the Republic"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-757","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"hidden_news":"no","evidence":"yes","focus_on":"no","breaking":"no","news_cover":{"id":854,"url":"https:\/\/hungaryembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2024\/09\/7.jpg"},"sub_title":"The President of the Republic of Hungary received HMEH Fra' John Dunlap at the presidential palace.","news_content":"<p><em>(Official communiqu\u00e9 from S\u00e1ndor Palota)<\/em> <em>Budapest, 17th September. <\/em>The President of the Republic, Dr. Tam\u00e1s Sulyok, received Fra&#8217; John Timothy Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, who arrived in Hungary on an official visit, with military honours at Kossuth Square.<br \/>\nFollowing the ceremony, the parties held talks at the S\u00e1ndor Palace.<br \/>\nAfter the plenary meeting between the official delegations, the extension of the document entitled &#8220;Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Hungary and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta on humanitarian cooperation and assistance to religious and ethnic minorities suffering persecution in crisis regions&#8221; was signed in the Palace&#8217;s Maria Theresia Hall. The agreement was countersigned by Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semj\u00e9n and by Riccardo Patern\u00f2 di Montecupo, Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.<br \/>\nAfterwards, the President of the Republic awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary with Collar and gold star to the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. John T. Dunlap then presented the Collar of the Order Pro Merito Melitensi to Dr. Tam\u00e1s Sulyok, President of the Republic of Hungary.<br \/>\nFollowing his visit to the Vatican in the spring, Dr. Tam\u00e1s Sulyok had already met and discussed with the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Bence Kov\u00e1cs, MMSZ<\/em><\/p>\n","news_gallery":"yes","news_excerpt":"The President of the Republic, Dr. Tam\u00e1s Sulyok, received Fra' John Timothy Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, who arrived in Hungary on an official visit, with military honours at Kossuth Square.\r\nFollowing the ceremony, the parties held talks at the S\u00e1ndor Palace and signed the extension of the bilateral cooperation agreement.","news_gallery_elements":[{"id":846,"url":"https:\/\/hungaryembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2024\/09\/3.jpg"},{"id":939,"url":"https:\/\/hungaryembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2024\/09\/KOV_2933.jpg_1-scaled.jpg"},{"id":941,"url":"https:\/\/hungaryembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2024\/09\/KOV_2954.jpg_1-scaled.jpg"},{"id":937,"url":"https:\/\/hungaryembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2024\/09\/KOV_2966.jpg_1-scaled.jpg"},{"id":852,"url":"https:\/\/hungaryembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2024\/09\/6.jpg"},{"id":872,"url":"https:\/\/hungaryembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2024\/09\/12.jpg"}],"cover_image_copyrighted":false},"news_categories":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hungaryembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hungaryembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hungaryembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hungaryembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1457,"href":"https:\/\/hungaryembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/757\/revisions\/1457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hungaryembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}