Orbán holds talks with Bulgarian president Radev

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discussed Europe’s “unsatisfactory handling” of the migration crisis, Hungarian-Bulgarian ties and energy affairs with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, the prime minister’s press chief said on Friday.

Orbán and Radev were in agreement that Europe had failed to make any meaningful progress in its handling of the migration crisis in recent years, while the threat of migration still persisted. The two leaders agreed that the European Union did not have a crisis plan in place for a potential sudden increase in migration pressure on the continent and that this made Bulgaria’s situation “extremely difficult”.

Orbán assured Radev that

the Hungarian government continued to view Bulgaria as an ally on the issue of migration and was ready to help Sofia in any way it could.