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Minister Szijjarto, in Sfantu Gheorghe on the occasion of the Day of Hungarians Everywhere

April 16, 2024

 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Hungary, Peter Szijjarto, said on Friday, in Sfantu Gheorghe, the central Covasna County, at a press conference, that his country has every interest in having a better relationship with Romania, invoking in this regard also "practical reasons".We Hungarians have an interest in having a better relationship with Romania. This also has practical reasons. For example, last year we again started breaking the trade record. Romania is the third most important export market for Hungary and if I look in the last decade, we have almost doubled the trade and export to Romania and I think they clearly show that from an economic point of view the collaboration of these countries is a strategic one and our interest is to develop it further, step by step, the Hungarian official said, according to the official translation.Peter Szijjarto added, among other things, that it is to the advantage of both countries to connect as many points as possible, mentioning in this regard that Hungary will support Romania's accession to Schengen Area.   He also said that it is gratifying that Central Europe finally has a candidate for NATO Secretary General.He reaffirmed at a press conference that the government in Budapest will not support Dutch Mark Rutte for this position.I believe that today the result of the election of NATO Secretary General has the same chance as in Lotto 6/49. I can tell you two things about Hungary's position. We, of course, will not support Mark Rutte's candidacy. We will not support him! How can we support a man who previously said that Hungary must be brought to its knees. In a union like NATO, where there is nothing more important than mutual trust, because if someone is attacked, others must defend him, in such an alliance based on trust, we cannot support a man who wants to bring us to our knees. How could we trust?! Thus, Mark Rutte cannot count on Hungary's support. At the same time, we are glad that we finally have a candidate from Central Europe. NATO never before had a candidate from Central Europe, now we have a candidate and that's good news. What will come out, what will be the result we do not know yet, Peter Szijjarto said, according to the official translation.On Friday afternoon, the government official from Budapest participated in the events organized in Sfantu Gheorghe on the occasion of the Day of Hungarians Everywhere and the commemoration of the Revolution of 1848.  

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