FM Szijjártó: promising new era started in the Hungarian-Czech relations

The Hungarian and Czech governments share identical positions on critical issues, rejecting war, migration, and gender ideology, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said at a joint press conference with Czech counterpart Petr Macinka in Prague on Monday.

Hungarian, Czech government together against migration, war

Szijjártó welcomed the Czech patriots’ election victory, noting that both governments belong to the same political family. “It will be a new experience to have two representatives of this patriot alliance at EU negotiations,” he said.

He credited their past cooperation, particularly under former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, with blocking Brussels’ mandatory migrant quotas, which helped keep Hungary migration-free. “Brussels still pressures us to accept migrants, but together, we will continue to refuse,” he said. For example, in December, Babis and Orbán rejected the EU’s migration pact together.

The minister also highlighted their shared opposition to war, support for US peace efforts, and refusal to involve their countries in the conflict. “Brussels has decided to go to war with Russia, but Hungary will stay out, sending neither money nor weapons to Ukraine,” he reiterated.