FM: Threats to close transit routes of crude oil and natural gas threaten EU's unity
The foreign minister said Hungary and Serbia have agreed to continue to guarantee safe transit routes for each other.
The foreign minister said Hungary and Serbia have agreed to continue to guarantee safe transit routes for each other.
PM Orbán said Hungary would not accept any decision by Brussels that is “economically unreasonable”.
PM Orbán noted that both Hungary and Serbia are strong in agriculture and said the countries are “an important food reserve for Europe”.
In Szeged, southern Hungary, on Wednesday, Péter Szijjártó praised the “excellent relations” between Hungary and Serbia.
Judit Varga said it is important to have responsible governments in place on both sides of the Hungarian-Serbian border to ensure that “our countries can progress in a secure way”.
The facts on the ground of the region’s energy infrastructure and the natural gas sources available dictated that natural gas and oil from Russia are dominant in our region.
Minister Szijjártó said that relations that had once been antagonistic were now part of “a strategic alliance and characterized by friendship”.
PM Orbán said Hungarians and Serbs have started building their future together, and they will both be the beneficiaries of that future.
The foreign minister said supplying energy is one of the most important duties of the government as well as a matter of national sovereignty.
8 September 2021, Budapest
The prime minister said the reconstruction of the Budapest-Belgrade railway line will be completed by 2025.
The foreign minister said that currently government-financed projects by 16 companies are under way in Serbia.