Foreign Minister János Martonyi thanked the solidarity expressed by the governments of Slovakia and Croatia in relation to the flooding of the Danube and Hungary's flood defence operations.

János Martonyi spoke with his Croatian counterpart Vesna Pusić by telephone on Monday and they agreed that they would continue to inform each other about the flood wave that will reach the lower section of the Danube later in the week, and coordinate defence operations and mutual assistance.

Earlier, the Hungarian Foreign Minister also spoke with the Slovak Ambassador Peter Weiss by telephone and thanked him for the technical rescue assistance he had offered. The flood defence operative corps of the two countries have established contact, the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed in a statement.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)