Hungary-Slovakia
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was able to receive a European ally in the peace camp on Monday: former Prime Minister and current Speaker of Parliament Peter Pellegrini was a guest from Slovakia.
“We are sticking to our peace policy and are pleased that Slovakia is also raising its voice for peace,” said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the joint press conference in the Carmelite monastery in the castle. “We see with concern that hundreds of thousands are dying, widowed or orphaned, but we do not see an end to the war.” Orbán complained that “the whole of Europe speaks the language of war.” He thanked his guest from Slovakia that, alongside Budapest, Bratislava was also raising its voice for peace today.
Good neighbors are particularly valuable
“In dangerous times like these, good neighborly relations are valued,” Orbán continued. Hungary wants to continue to do everything it can to be a good neighbor to Slovakia in the future. The negotiations with Pellegrini also revolved around the desire in Brussels to curtail the sovereignty of the member states whose veto rights are to be taken away. Hungary also thanks Slovakia because it supports the joint protection of the southern border with police contingents in order to stop uncontrolled immigration to Europe, as they also took joint action once morest the EU Commission’s mandatory quotas.
Find the courage to hold peace talks
“We are not only united by common views and history, we want to actively work to further deepen our relations,” explained the Slovakian Parliament Speaker. In the recent past, the neighbors have been able to make some strategic decisions, for which Pellegrini cited strengthened energy supply security via gas pipelines and long-distance electricity routes. In the use of nuclear energy, the two countries should intensify their cooperation not only technologically, but also in terms of personnel issues, the guest suggested. Pellegrini thanked Orbán for Hungary’s success in classifying nuclear energy in the EU as clean energies.
Regarding the Ukraine war, he noted: “Slovakia does not send soldiers to Ukraine, even though we are subjected to harsh criticism for this sovereign and independent stand. The only way to prevent further bloodshed is to find the courage to hold peace talks.”
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