PM Orbán holds talks with Romanian Prime Minister
PM Orbán will travel from Bucharest to Băile Tușnad, where the 32nd Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp is taking place.
PM Orbán will travel from Bucharest to Băile Tușnad, where the 32nd Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp is taking place.
János Lázár said developing transport infrastructure between the two countries and making the borders more permeable are key goals.
Minister Szijjártó said current good cooperation between Hungary and Romania would ensure Hungary’s gas supplies, noting that Romania will transit gas from Azerbaijan.
Hungary’s M44 motorway, in the southeast of the country, will be extended to the border with Romania, following a decision by Bucharest to clear a connecting motorway in Romania.
The foreign minister said the strategic partnership is an asset in successfully tackling the current economic, energy and migration challenges.
Following talks with her Romanian counterpart Klaus Johannis, the president said Hungary and Romania are ready to work together to boost Europe.
The foreign minister has revealed that Hungary and Romania are in talks on creating new transport routes for nuclear fuel rods and increasing the capacity of the gas interconnector between the two countries.
The Hungarian government wants to maintain its economic program to support ethnic Hungarian businesses in Romania.
Minister Szijjártó said Hungary had an interest in diversifying its natural gas resources and was prepared to begin talks on importing gas from Romania once extraction was under way in the country.
Romanian Minister of Sports Károly Eduárd Novák said he had always considered Hungary a partner and believed Romania could learn a lot from its north-western neighbor.
The Hungarian government will continue to support sports infrastructure projects in Transylvania, including Szekler Land.
The prime minister said that despite the challenges of the past two years, Hungary and Romania had managed to sustain the momentum of their cooperation.
President Klaus Iohannis called the Hungarian government’s aid a “true European gesture of solidarity”.