Hungary is open to cooperation with the Romanian Government to be formed after the elections in December, Hungarian Foreign Affairs State Secretary Zsolt Németh said after meeting Tibor Toró, leader of the Transylvanian Hungarian People's Party on 19 November.

Zsolt Németh stated at the joint news conference with Tibor Toró that Hungary could work together with the new Romanian Government towards implementing several common goals, such as enforcing basic human and minority rights or creating a strong Central Europe. The Hungarian Foreign Affairs State Secretary stressed that it was a great success that the domestic political squabble in Romania did not disturb the process of granting citizenship to the ethnic Hungarians in the country.

Zsolt Németh urged the ethnic Hungarians in Transylvania to take part and vote at the upcoming parliamentary elections in December since it was the only way to ensure a robust representation for the Hungarian minority in the Romanian legislation. He expressed his hope that both ethnic Hungarian political parties would make it to the Romanian Parliament.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)