Mutual interest in the revival of the Romanian-Hungarian bilateral dialogue, in the context of the 15th anniversary of the Declaration on the Hungarian-Romanian Strategic Cooperation and Partnership for Europe in the 21st Century, was highlighted on Wednesday by President of the Romanian Senate Calin Popescu-Tariceanu at a meeting in Bucharest with visiting Hungarian Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjarto. The meeting took place during a visit to Bucharest by the Hungarian ministry to participate as a special guest of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Annual Meeting of the Romanian Diplomacy.
"The Senate President emphasised the economic and strategic dimension of the Romanian-Hungarian bilateral cooperation, underlining the importance for both countries to consolidate and diversify trade, as well as the opportunity to put into practice successful projects and investment. Mr Calin Popescu-Tariceanu stressed that the Senate of Romania is promoting a series of initiatives aimed at strengthening the role of parliaments in international affairs and security issues, including the organisation of a B9 parliamentary summit, a platform of regional security co-operation and dialogue of the countries on the eastern flank of NATO, including Hungary," reads a Senate statement released on Wednesday.
In his turn, Szijjarto showed that Romania is an important strategic partner for Hungary, highlighting the significant level of commercial exchanges, as Romania is the second export destination for Hungary. The Hungarian dignitary emphasised the importance of intensifying co-operation between the business communities in the two countries, mentioning the presence on the Romanian market of internationally renowned Hungarian companies. Both sides highlighted the important contribution that both the Romanian community in Hungary and the Hungarian community in Romania bring to consolidating a wide range of aspects of bilateral relations and the role that members of these communities should be encouraged to play for the same end. The meeting also addressed current European affairs, as well as topics of interest at regional level, focusing on the broad perspectives for consultation and extended regional cooperation offered by the V4 + format, especially during the Hungarian presidency of the Visegrad Group.
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