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Joksimovic and Szijjarto: Hungary strategic partner of Serbia on its path to EU

Belgrade, 7 February 2022

Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic talked today with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto about Serbia’s accession to the European Union (EU), bilateral relations and the questions of interest for the implementation of EU’s enlargement policy on the Western Balkan region.

Joksimovic underlined that our country highly appreciates Hungary’s strategic commitment to the consistent application of the new methodology in accession negotiations, first and foremost in line with the proclaimed principles of credibility and predictability.

She said that with stronger political leadership, Serbia managed to achieve considerable progress in the rule of law, but in other fields too, which was enabled by the opening of Cluster 4 – Green Agenda and Sustainable Connectivity – at the end of last year, and that in the first half of this year our European partners will give consent to the opening of Cluster 3 too – Inclusive Growth and Competitiveness.

Szijjarto pointed out that the government of Hungary continues to make additional efforts in strengthening good neighbourly and partnership cooperation with Serbia, in the fields of politics and the economy alike, and in Serbia’s EU accession process.

You have an ally in Hungary, which strongly and unequivocally supports the policy of EU enlargement, which is a key instrument for strengthening the credibility of the Union itself in the Western Balkans, Szijjarto stated.

Joksimovic and Szijjarto also discussed joint activities in the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of Serbia and Hungary regarding the deepening of cooperation between the two countries by establishing the Western Balkans Capacity Building Programme, which was signed in the middle of last year.