On Wednesday, Klaus Iohannis will visit Budapest with an official visit at the invitation of President Katalin Novak. This is the first visit of the head of state to Hungary in the last 14 years. Iohannis does not hold any discussions with Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Official program of the visit:

12:15 pm Reception of the President of Hungary, Katalin Novak, at the Presidential Palace

• Official reception ceremony
• One-on-one conversations
• Official negotiations
• Joint press statements (approximately 14:15 Romanian time)

16:35 Laying a wreath at the monument to the Unknown Soldier – Heroes’ Square

17:00 Laying a wreath on the plot of 144 Romanian soldiers – Rakoskerestur Central Cemetery

What Kotrocenyul says about Johannis’ visit to Hungary:

“The visit takes place in the context of strengthening the dynamics of high-level contacts after the official visit of President Catalin Novak to Bucharest in September 2022 and participation in the 8th Summit of the Three Seas Initiative organized by the President of Romania. in September 2023.

This is the first visit to Budapest at the level of the head of state in the last 14 years and provides an opportunity to discuss at this level the status of strategic partnership relations and the prospects for its development, as well as specific ways to deepen the dialogue. bilateral.

Romanian-Hungarian bilateral relations are carried out on the basis of the Treaty on Mutual Understanding, Cooperation and Good Neighborhood between Romania and the Republic of Hungary, signed and entered into force in 1996, as well as the Declaration on Strategic Partnership between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Republic of Hungary for Europe of the XXI Century, signed in Budapest November 29, 2002, 20 years since its adoption in 2022.

President Klaus Iohannis will demonstrate in Budapest that the Strategic Partnership between the two countries is a fundamental tool aimed at structuring bilateral cooperation on a new, modern, pragmatic basis and mutual respect for the benefit of all citizens of Romania and Hungary, regardless of ethnicity. For more than 20 years, the framework he proposed has led to important economic results through the growth and diversification of commercial exchanges.

The President of Romania will confirm the interest and openness of the Romanian side for constructive, pragmatic and transparent cooperation with Hungary, a neighboring EU member state and a NATO ally, with the aim of developing projects of common interest and obtaining concrete results based on and in the spirit of the principles and values ​​laid down in the fundamental documents defining the parameters of bilateral relations.

The two presidents will analyze the current situation at the regional, European and global levels through the lens of the illegal and unprovoked war launched by Russia against Ukraine, with an emphasis on security, energy, food and supply chain implications. In this context, measures to support the most affected partners in the region, especially the Republic of Moldova, will be considered.

As for the European agenda, the presidents of Romania and Hungary will discuss the priorities of the presidency of the Council of the European Union, which Hungary will fulfill in the second half of 2024.”