Both the Hungarian and the Slovenian foreign ministers visited Lendava (Lendva) where Foreign Minister János Martonyi officially opened the new consular office of the Hungarian embassy in Slovenia on 4 February.
Both the Hungarian and the Slovenian foreign ministers visited Lendava (Lendva) where Foreign Minister János Martonyi officially opened the new consular office of the Hungarian embassy in Slovenia on 4 February.
Mr. Martonyi declared that the policy of opening – both towards the neighbouring countries and globally – was one of the priorities of Hungarian foreign policy. The opening of the consular office in Lendava was a major step in this direction, and with this step, Hungary has also lived up to a promise made many years ago when the Slovenian Consulate General was opened in Szentgotthárd in 1998, he added.
On the same day, before the opening of the consular office, Foreign Minister Martonyi and his Slovenian counterpart, Karl Erjavec, took part in a meeting, in Szentgotthárd, Hungary, to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the entering into effect of the Hungarian-Slovenian minority protection agreement. Both sides agreed that their exemplary cooperation in the field of minority protection had not only improved the situation of minorities in the two countries but had also significantly contributed to the bolstering of bilateral relations in general.
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
