Hungary, Slovakia to build new bridge
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Hungary and Slovakia will complete a new bridge across the River Ipoly before the end of next year, linking Őrhalom in Hungary and Vrbovka (Ipolyvarbo) on the Slovak side, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said on Friday.
The bridge will make the life of local residents easier and contribute to economic development too, the foreign ministry quoted Péter Szijjártó as saying. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of the new bridge to be built with a budget of 2.3 billion forints using European Union funds, the minister said: “Another chapter is being written about the success story of cooperation between Hungary and Slovakia.”
He said “calm and peace in times of war” were of heightened importance and the two countries had done much in recent years to preserve states. Earlier “serious difficulties hindered good relations, but then a decision was made to build a basis for mutual trust through success stories,” he said, adding that “now bilateral ties are calm and balanced”.