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Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjártó held talks in Belarus
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Cooperation between East and West is in Hungary’s interest in terms of security as well as for political and economic reasons, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told a press conference in Minsk, after talks with his counterpart Vladimir Makei on Monday.
Szijjártó was also received by President Alexander Lukashenko.
Central Europe is interested in an East-West cooperation based on “pragmatism, common sense and mutual respect”.
“We, Hungarians, do not urge that cooperation because it is in the interest of a larger power but because it is in our own interests,” he insisted.
Hungary is a member of the European Union, while Belarus belongs to the Eurasian Economic Union, which makes their cooperation even more important, Szijjártó said, adding that their bilateral relations could serve a sound basis for closer ties between the two groups.
Answering a question, Szijjártó said that “the EU will be strong if it has the ability to build cooperation, strong friendships and alliances outside the community, too”. He added that the EU’s Eastern Partnership programme should be reinforced and “it should be made clear that it is difficult to build a partnership by way of sanctions”. “We are seeking a more pragmatic cooperation based more on mutual respect,” he said, adding that
