Minister Szijjártó said the proposal by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would put the energy security of both Hungary and Slovakia at risk...
Hungary stands by respecting the sovereignty and energy security of member states while implementing EU energy policies.
The pair discussed Hungarian and Slovak stances on the war in Ukraine and energy supplies in Central Europe.
Minister Szijjártó said Hungary and Slovakia both have a vested interest in ensuring that Europe’s longest border connects rather than divides the two countries.
Minister Szijjártó noted that Slovakia was buying more than half a billion cubic metres of gas delivered via Hungary this year.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Bratislava on Tuesday for a working lunch focused on energy security and regional cooperation.
The project seeks to improve the efficiency of municipal wastewater treatment through technology-intensive interventions.
Minister Szijjártó said Andrej Danko reassured him of the promise given previously by Slovakia's speaker and the country's foreign minister that the Slovak majority in the governing coalition had no intention of restricting the rights of minorities.
Hungary's government attaches great importance to the fate of ethnic Hungarians in Slovakia, Minister Szijjártó said after talks with Slovak parliamentary speaker Péter Ziga.
The foreign minister said the government would continue to work to ensure that the law has no negative impact on ethnic Hungarians.
“We have told Ukraine’s authorities that it has been an incomprehensible, unacceptable and unfriendly decision," said the foreign minister.
Hungary will make every effort to ensure that significant support is provided for the ethnic Slovak community in Hungary.
The president said the European community of independent nation-states was currently guaranteed by the basic treaties.