Deputy Speaker: Visegrad cooperation is alive in its parliamentary form
Csaba Hende attended a meeting of the parliamentary heads of the Visegrad countries and Ukraine in Prague on Thursday.
Csaba Hende attended a meeting of the parliamentary heads of the Visegrad countries and Ukraine in Prague on Thursday.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Robert Fico of Slovakia called for peace talks as soon as possible.
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Minister Szijjártó noted the V4’s “outstanding achievements” in ensuring that central Europe remained “strong, sovereign and competitive”.
The prime ministers of Hungary, Czechia, Poland and Slovakia are scheduled to discuss energy security, the European Union’s strategic goals and illegal migration.
The unlimited inflow of grain and food products, mainly poultry, eggs and honey, from Ukraine makes the situation worse by creating uneven competition for European farmers and consumers.
The V4 countries demand that the European Commission take action to aid central European farmers and use the land export corridors to ensure that the grain reaches the intended markets outside Europe.
For the central European grouping of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia to be successful, the four countries must deepen their cooperation.
The prime minister said the Hungarian position is clear and unchanged that once a request is filed to enter the European Union, the applicant must remain outside of the European borders until their application has been evaluated.
The foreign minister said cooperation between the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia was a “labor of love” for Hungarian foreign policy.