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Hungary to fight against migration with Turkey
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Hungary’s government sees strengthening cooperation with Turkey as an economic and security priority, Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s minister of foreign affairs and trade, said on Friday, after meeting Turkish Minister of Trade Mehmet Mus in Budapest.
If Hungary wants to become a winner in the new era of global economic development, it has to boost its relations with the most rapidly developing countries of the world, Szijjártó said.
Trade between Turkey and Hungary surpassed one billion euros
in the first quarter of 2021 alone, a nearly 30 percent growth in annual comparison, Szijjártó said.
Further, Turkey plays a crucial rule in guaranteeing the security of Europe as a whole, Szijjártó said, referring to the 2016 EU-Turkey migration agreement.
As NATO’s withdrawal from Afghanistan could result in growing terrorism and migration, that role might take on new significance, he said.
Cooperation with Turkey should be strengthened on that front too, and the EU should fulfil its commitments, he warned.