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Orbán: Strategic partnership with Moldova in EU’s interest
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The European Union has a vested interest in forming strategic partnerships with its eastern neighbours like Moldova and in being open to their accession to the bloc and pursuing economic cooperation with them, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after talks with his Moldovan counterpart in Chisinau on Thursday.
At a press conference held jointly with Moldovan Prime Minister Ion Chicu, Orbán described Hungarian-Moldovan relations as “good and dynamic”, underlining Hungary’s commitment to backing Moldova’s European integration.
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Chicu said Orbán’s visit to the Moldovan capital would give a new boost to the development of the two countries’ partnership.
Ahead of the press conference, the two leaders signed a bilateral strategic partnership agreement.
“Our political relations have never been as good as they are now,” Péter Szijjártó told the opening of a business forum.
Though bilateral trade turnover rose to 120 million dollars last year, “it is also true that we had reason to expect more, since this figure is far from the ultimate potential of our cooperation,” Szijjártó said.
The minister said Hungary’s Eximbank will open a 100 million dollar credit line to help finance Hungarian-Moldovan business cooperation.