Winners in Hungarian economic programme in Vojvodina sign contracts

Subotica (Szabadka), April 13 (MTI) – Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó attended a ceremony in northern Serbia’s Subotica (Szabadka) on Thursday, in which 3,700 winners in the Hungarian government’s programme aimed at promoting ethnic Hungarian businesses signed their contracts.

Hungary and Serbia are mutually interested in each other’s success, Szijjártó said in his address. “A success story started in recent years, mostly about the achievements of Vojvodina Hungarians and Hungary’s Serbs,” he said.

Szijjártó referred to the government programme as “tangible proof that ties between Hungary and Serbia and their cooperation have never been as good as now”. He said that “earlier tensions rooted in history have now become historic friendship”, adding that both countries consider Vojvodina Hungarians as a link between the two nations.

In its programme, the Hungarian government has offered a total 65 billion forints (EUR 208m) to be distributed in loans and grants in the 2016-2018 period to support projects of agriculture, tourism and SME development to help young people prosper in their homeland.