Orbán holds talks with Czech PM Sobotka

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Tuesday held talks with his Czech counterpart Bohuslav Sobotka on matters concerning Hungary and the Czech Republic.

The premiers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia were in Budapest on Tuesday to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Speaking to reporters after his talks with Orbán, Sobotka said that they had discussed the future workings of the Visegrad Four group. Sobotka said the V4 are convinced that their form of regional cooperation “has a bright future” and its members have to keep searching for further ways to boost economic cooperation among them. The prime minister named the pursuit of export-oriented joint efforts in third markets as one way the V4 could further deepen their economic ties.

Sobotka called the Egyptian government’s stance on illegal migration and its efforts to look after illegal migrants in Egypt “exemplary”, adding that Egypt would need further support from the European Union in order to keep up its handling of the migrant situation.

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