Hungarian FM Szijjártó discusses status of restrictions with regional counterparts
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Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó discussed the status of coronavirus-related restrictions with his Austrian, Slovak and Czech counterparts in a videoconference on Wednesday.
Assessing his talks, he said on Facebook that he informed his counterparts of a restart of production by several multinational companies at their plants in Hungary.
He noted that the owners of these companies operate plants in the four Visegrad Group countries in addition to Germany and Austria and for this reason Hungary was ready to draft regulation allowing easier movement for people working for the same company within the region.
As regards school-leaving exams, Szijjártó said
Austria and Slovakia have agreed to exempt from a compulsory home quarantine students returning home to those two countries after taking their exams in Hungary.
He welcomed that Slovakia had abandoned its plan to make the entry of commuters to the country subject to a negative coronavirus test. This will allow Hungarian commuters to continue to freely cross into Slovakia at ten border stations, he said.
Szijjártó said he had asked Austria to reopen to commuters the crossing points at Jánossomorja and Alsószölnök and Slovakia to do the same at Tornanádaska and Létkes.
Szijjártó discusses easing epidemic restrictions with Bavaria EU affairs minister
Minister Szijjártó held a videoconference with Florian Herrmann, the German federal state’s minister of federal and European affairs and media, on Wednesday, and said that friendly relations with Bavaria were especially important to Hungary in the time of the epidemic.