On Wednesday afternoon in the Parliament Building Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Ilir Meta, President of the Republic of Albania, had talks about the development of bilateral relations, the protection of borders and the Balkans enlargement of the European Union, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister said.

At the meeting the parties confirmed that in the past year a number of major breakthroughs had been achieved in relations between the two countries and the volume of trade had increased by 35 per cent to EUR 114 million. Additionally, a direct flight has been launched between the two capitals which operates with a high occupancy rate.

Photo: Balázs Szecsődi

Mr Orbán reassured his guest that Hungary will support Albania’s EU accession aspirations with all available means at its disposal, the press chief said.