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Serbia-Hungary relations at their historic high

Belgrade/Budapest, 9 February 2018

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic stated today in Budapest, after a session of the two governments, that relations between Serbia and Hungary are at their historically highest level and added that Serbia will continue to invest in these relations.

In a joint address to journalists with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Brnabic expressed gratitude to Hungary for supporting Serbia on its path to the EU and on boldly representing Serbia's interests in Brussels often.

She pointed out that relations are at a very high level, primarily as a result of the personal dedication and friendship of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Viktor Orban, and that important projects have been started and finished on the basis of such good personal relations in the previous period.

This is what I, as Prime Minister, should continue with my team. And I am here today to strongly state that we are committed to relations and friendship with Hungary and that we will continue to build these relationships and invest a lot in them, she stressed.

The Prime Minister of Serbia conveyed her gratitude to Hungary for continuing support to the European path of Serbia, in technical form and every other.

Brnabic congratulated Orban on economic successes, on the increase in exports and in reducing unemployment, which is also a big indicator for Serbia that it is possible to reverse the economic situation within a decade.

That is the way Serbia is going. Now we can boast about good results in relation to four or five years ago, but we have to work hard to get where Hungary is today and I hope that at some other joint session we will be able to boast about these successes together, Brnabic underlined.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated that for Hungary, Serbia is a crucial country in the Western Balkans as it has a very important role in the regional security. He underlined that there cannot be safe Balkans without Serbia.

He thanked Serbia, its President Aleksandar Vucic and the government for helping keep migrants at south borders of Hungary.

Orban noted that in recent years Serbia has made great economic results.

The Prime Minister of Hungary pointed out that cultural relations between the two countries are also at a high level and thanked Serbia on the support to the Hungarian national minority, noting that Serbia’s policy towards minorities should be an example to others.

The Hungarian Prime Minister made a surprise for the Serbian delegation led by Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, whom he drove to the lunch organised in their honour in an old tram through streets of Budapest.

The joint sessions of the two governments, as a form of political cooperation between Serbia and Hungary, was established in Belgrade in July 2014. The next session was hosted in Budapest in 2015, while the third session was held in Nis in November 2016.