Romania deserves to join Schengen because it is “doing an extraordinary job” in terms of border protection, Hungarian Justice Minister Judith Varga said on Saturday during a speech in the commemorative city of Sikuleni in the Harghita region. shekels killed by Austrian imperial troops in 1764.

“Last year, Hungary stopped more than 260 fraudulent attempts to cross the border, and if the pressure came from Romania as well, we would not have been able to cope. Romania does an extraordinary job in terms of border protection, and for this reason, the Hungarian government’s position is that Romania deserves to join the Schengen area. A new year begins, new opportunities, and Hungary is open to a pragmatic dialogue,” Judith Varga said, according to a translation provided by the organizers, according to Agerpres.

In addition, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán also stated that “the wrong decision regarding Schengen must be corrected.”

“I want to assure my friends in Romania that they can count on our support,” he emphasized on December 17.

Romanian-Hungarian strategic partnership

Judith Varga also talked about the war in the neighborhood, in which “fathers, mothers and children suffer”, and called for a strong strategic partnership between Romania and Hungary, which would solve, in addition to the problem of migration, the challenges caused by the economic crisis and the energy crisis.

“We must seek and find those points of connection in these difficult and difficult times. There is a very strong need for the Government of Hungary and (the Government – ed.) Romania to have a strategic partnership. It can be beneficial for both sides in solving three big problems : the economic challenge, energy security and migration We have seen that Brussels has not only handled the economic problems badly, but also the energy problem has been mismanaged and thus led Europe AND in this shadow of recession, however, trade relations have broken records between the two countries,” said the Minister of Justice of Hungary.

Judith Varga also mentioned the agreement signed at the end of last year between Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Hungary in the field of green energy and transport development and thanked the partners for their cooperation.

The Minister of Justice of Hungary took part in the commemorative events in Sikulenia together with Potapi Arpad János, State Secretary responsible for the policy of national solidarity in the Government of Budapest, Consul General of Hungary in Mercure Čuk Tot László, as well as Minister of the Environment from the Government of Romania Tanchos Barna .

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