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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Hungary, Serbia-Montenegro committed to European future

Belgrade, 26 May 2005

Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said today after a meeting with his Hungarian counterpart Ferenc Gyurcsany, with whom the Agreement on Encouraging Economic Cooperation was signed, that the state union of Serbia-Montenegro along with Hungary are both firmly committed to a European future.

Ferenc Gyurcsany, left, and Vojislav Kostunica

Kostunica said after the meeting that the European orientation of the two countries dates back to the period before 2004 when Hungary became an EU member state, and before Serbia received a favourable assessment of the Feasibility Study.

The Serbian Prime Minister said that the talks he had today with Gyurcsany are part of wider talks that will be held in Belgrade, Pristina, Novi Sad and Subotica.

According to Kostunica, the border between Serbia and Hungary has a European quality that is reflected in its good political and economic relations that are being improved and that will be additionally encouraged by the Agreement signed today.

Kostunica said that the issues that were discussed were the projects for improving infrastructure between the two countries, such as the construction of roads on corridors 10 and 7 and the Belgrade-Budapest highway, the modernisation of railway traffic, and increasing the volume of navigation on the Danube River.

The two officials also touched on the issue of improving minority rights in their respective countries. Kostunica thanked the Hungarian government for sending aid to flood-stricken areas of Central Banat. According to Kostunica, the preparation of an agreement on cooperation in the case of natural disasters was also discussed, as well as the expansion of cultural cooperation between Serbia and Hungary.

Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said that there are no political tensions between Hungary and Serbia and added that Hungary is ready to help this region enter Euro-Atlantic integrations.

Gyurcsany said that Hungary is aware that it must put more efforts in improving relations with Serbia-Montenegro, since it is now reaching the end of the transition it has been undergoing for almost a decade and a half.