Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Balazs outlined his government's crisis-managing measures, the positive signs emerging in the economy and plans to set up in a Budapest centre for preventing genocides in a series of meetings in New York on Tuesday, foreign affairs spokesman Zsuzsanna Matrai told MTI.

Balazs, who arrived in New York to attend the general debates of the 64th UN General Assembly session from September 21 to 29, participated in the climate change summit, then met his counterparts from Georgia, Kosovo, Guyana and Mozambique.

Meeting Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze, Balazs confirmed Hungary's support for Georgia's advance towards the Euro-Atlantic integration. He said that Hungary would be prepared to intensify cooperation within the Eastern Partnership programme.

In line with the EU's standpoint, Balazs said that Hungary supports Georgia's sovereignty, territorial integrity and respect for its internationally recognised borders.

Concerning the Abkhazian incidents involving commercial ships -- the leader of Georgia's breakaway region earlier threatened to destroy any Georgian ships engaged in "pirate actions" off its coast -- he said that all parties involved should display self-restraint and prevent such affairs from escalating into armed conflict.

Meeting his Kosovo counterpart, Balazs confirmed Skender Hyseni's invitation to a meeting of Visegrad Four and Western Balkan foreign ministers to be held in early October under a Hungarian initiative.

The meeting, he said, would hopefully contribute to lasting peace and security and economic prosperity in the region.

Hyseni thanked Hungary for its role in the KFOR and EULEX missions.

On Tuesday, Balazs attended a EU-US ministerial meeting and a transatlantic dinner hosted by the United States.