PRESIDENT Aleksandar Vučić and the delegation of Serbia, which consists of government ministers, are in Budapest today, where they are participating in the session of the Council for Strategic Cooperation between Serbia and Hungary.
Vučić’s address
– By March 2026 at the latest, we will be able to go by train from Belgrade to Budapest, two hours and 40 minutes Belgrade-Budapest – said Vučić.
Meetings of 12 working groups were held
Meetings of 12 working groups were held in which members of the governments of the two countries participated.
The Economic Working Group includes the Minister of Economy Adrijana Mesarović, the Minister of Internal and Foreign Trade Tomislav Momirović, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Marko Đurić, the Minister of Information and Telecommunications Dejan Ristic, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Hungary Peter Sijarto and the State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Development of Hungary. Mate Logo.
The working group for energy consists of the Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović and the Minister of Energy of Hungary Čaba Lantoš, and the working group for financial affairs consists of the Minister of Finance Siniša Mali and the Minister of Finance of Hungary Mihaj Varga.
For security issues, the working group includes Minister of the Interior Ivica Dačić, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vulin, Minister of the Interior of Hungary Sándor Pinter and Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Hungary Marcel Biro.
The Working Group for the Defense Industry includes the head of the Administration in the Material Resources Sector, Slavko Rakić, and the Minister of Defense of Hungary, Kristof Salai-Bobrovnicki.
The Working Group for Cooperation in Infrastructure includes Minister of Environmental Protection Irena Vujović, State Secretary in the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Mihailo Mišić, Minister of Construction and Transport of Hungary Janoš Lazar and Minister of Public Administration and Territorial Development of Hungary Tibor Navračič.
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Aleksandar Martinović and Hungarian Minister of Agriculture Ištvan Nađ are in the working group for agriculture, while the Working Group for Cooperation in the Field of Culture and Education includes Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković, Minister of Education Slavica Đukić Dejanović, Minister of Science and Technological Development Jelena Begović and Hungarian Minister of Culture and Innovation Balaž Hanko.
The Working Group for Demographic Issues includes the Minister of Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs, Nemanja Starović, the Minister of Family Care and Demography, Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski, and the political director of the Prime Minister of Hungary, Balaž Orban.
When it comes to national communities, the working group consists of the Minister for Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue Tomislav Žigmanov, MP and President of the Union of Vojvodina Hungarians Balint Pastor, Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of Hungary Gergej Gujaš, MP Ljubomir Aleksov and State Secretary in the Cabinet of the President Government of Hungary, Janos Nagi.
The Working Group for European Integration includes Minister of Justice Maja Popović, Minister of European Integration Tanja Miščević, Minister of EU Affairs of Hungary Janoš Boka and Minister of Justice Bence Tužon.
The Working Group for Interparliamentary Cooperation includes MP and President of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Hungary Marko Mladenović, MP and Vice President of the Union of Vojvodina Hungarians Boris Bajić and MP and President of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Serbia Ištvan Šimičko.
Vučić met with Orban
President Vučić met with the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, before the session of the Strategic Council with cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and Hungary.
– Thank you dear friend for the hospitality and organization of the second session of the Council for Strategic Cooperation of Serbia and Hungary. Proud of the fact that in Prime Minister Orban and his Government, we have not only a strategic political partner, but also a sincere friend, and our ties are stronger than ever – the president announced on Instagram.
President Vučić was met at the airport by the Minister of Justice of Hungary, Bence Tužon.
The second session of the Strategic Council for cooperation between Serbia and Hungary
This is the second session of the Strategic Council for Cooperation between Serbia and Hungary, and the first session attended by the presidents, prime ministers and members of the two governments was held in June 2023 in Palić.
Agreements were then signed for cooperation in the field of customs, exchange of information, development of road infrastructure, defense and internal affairs.
Agreements were also signed on the construction of an oil pipeline that will connect the refinery in Novi Sad with Hungary, as well as an agreement on the establishment of a joint venture between Srbijagas and the Hungarian power company MVM.
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Source: www.novosti.rs
