Slovakia and Hungary have 'multi-coloured' relations, so disagreements in certain spheres shouldn't be viewed dramatically, Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák said after a meeting with his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó in Bratislava on Tuesday.
“It was an opportunity to hold bilateral talks to debate issues like two mature partners, like two EU-member countries. This is how we'll go forward”, said Lajčák. The ministers agreed on the need of economic cooperation, mainly concerning specific projects that will serve the people of both countries, pointing to 20 projects which were signed earlier this year by the prime ministers of both countries. Szijjártó has visited Slovakia as the first foreign country since assuming the post of minister on September 23. He described Slovakia as a strategic partner in far more spheres than only in foreign trade. According to him, bilateral controversies must be discussed in a cultivated European manner. “We have to have common success in order to successfully resolve [these issues]”, said Szijjártó.
