In Budapest on Monday, Croatian and Hungarian interior ministers Vlaho Orepic and Sándor Pintér announced that three railway crossings between Croatia and Hungary – Murakeresztúr-Kotoriba (Kotor), Gyékényes-Koprivnica (Kapronca) and Magyarbóly-Beli Manastir (Pélmonostor) – will be reopened.
Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga and EIB Vice President László Baranyay signed a credit facility agreement of EUR 500 million, which the Government can use to finance the development of public road network in Hungary over the next five years.
Ahead of the EU-Turkey summit in Brussels on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the external borders of the European Union must be closed and the direct resettlement of migrants is out of question – at least in the case of Hungary.
On Monday Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács told Hungarian television channel M1 in its morning show that the number one task in the migration crisis should have been to stop migration flows at the borders, and this will be on the agenda of Monday’s EU-Turkey summit.
On 6 March 2016, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice Pál Völner told Hungarian television M1 in its evening show that municipalities are standing by the Government on the issue of the referendum on the compulsory quotas.
It is in Hungary’s best interest to develop economic, trade and energy sector cooperation with Azerbaijan, and we have especially high expectations concerning the expansion of partnership in the field of pharmaceutical and health industries, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said, who – as a member of the delegation headed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán -- met with Azerbaijan’s Minister of Economy and Industry Shahin Mustafayev in Baku.
Hungary’s economic achievements warrant an upgrade in 2016.
Falling state debt, low fiscal deficit, subdued inflation and economic growth figures all confirm that Hungarian reforms are working. In accordance with the MoU concluded with EBRD, the rate of bank tax has been reduced.
Hungarian-Azeri cooperation is on the threshold of great opportunities as the current situation involves not only a challenge, but also a wealth of opportunities, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Sunday in Azerbaijan.
“In the current situation there is a great need for predictable and reliable partners, and Azerbaijan is a stable partner, ally and friend of Hungary”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on Sunday in Baku at the opening of the Hungarian-Azerbaijan business forum.
“The structure of economic cooperation must be reorganised in view of recent changes”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Baku on Saturday.