The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Selakovic, stated that 24 Hungarian companies will invest 130 million euros in Serbia in the next period, and added that the money will not only go to Vojvodina, but also south of the Sava and the Danube.
At a joint press conference with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Sijart in Budapest, Selakovic thanked Hungary for giving impetus to its companies to invest in the Serbian market and stressed that this would further strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries.
The head of Serbian diplomacy sent special gratitude to Hungary for its support of our country in European integration and emphasized that today the voice of Serbia, through Hungary, is heard much louder in Brussels than before.
“When one day Serbia formally becomes part of the European family, as it historically is, one of the greatest gratitude for that will be owed by Serbia to Hungary,” said Selakovic.
According to him, that support is visible at all levels of government, from the Hungarian president, through Prime Minister Viktor Orban, but also to all ministers in the Hungarian government.
Selakovic also mentioned that this is his first visit to a neighboring country, with which Serbia has built friendly relations from good neighbors in the previous period.
“Gas has no nationality, but a price”.
During the meeting, they talked about energy and the need for Hungary and Serbia to be better supplied with gas.
Selakovic reminded that Serbia has completed the construction of its part of the gas pipeline from the Bulgarian to the Hungarian border, and expressed hope that Hungary will receive gas from the Turkish stream in two years, when it builds its part of the gas pipeline.
“In that way, we will make our economies safer and better supply them with gas, and that will also affect the protection of the environment,” said Selakovic.
He said that gas has no nationality, but a price, and emphasized that Serbia will buy the gas that has the lowest price, but also the one that can most easily reach our households.
The topic of conversation, Selakovic adds, was infrastructure, more precisely the construction of a high-speed railway from Belgrade to Budapest, which, he points out, should contribute to better flow of goods, greater competitiveness, but also more frequent, safe and fast travel for tourists.
“We are convinced that the epidemic will not last forever and that Serbs and Hungarians will visit, that Hungarians will come to Belgrade and Novi Sad, but also south of the Serbian capital,” said Selakovic.
When it comes to national minorities, Selakovic said that he was convinced that the Hungarian national minority in Serbia and the Serbian national minority in Hungary are one of the strongest links in the chain of Serbia and Hungary.
He says that Hungarians in Serbia are proud, but also other members of national minorities, have all the rights that are guaranteed to the citizens of Serbia.
He thanked Sijart and Prime Minister Orban for talking about it at all world forums, adding that it is of inestimable importance for Serbia.
He also thanked Hungary for having a careful and caring attitude towards the Serbian national minority, and especially, he says, towards the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Diocese of Buda, Sputnik News reports.
