Tibor Navracsics, the minister of justice and public administration, held talks with Russian justice minister Aleksandr Konovalov in Saint Petersburg on Thursday on the sidelines of the 2nd International Legal Forum.

Navracsics, who is also deputy prime minister, told MTI by phone that they had overviewed the implementation of a Hungarian-Russian justice cooperation agreement signed in 2011.

He said cooperation had been successful, for instance Hungary's participation at the legal forum, dubbed by Konovalov as the "legal Davos", is also part of this agreement and Russian experts had recently visited Budapest to discuss legal aid.

Navracsics said he had agreed with Konovalov that in case Russia extends the Saint Petersburg forum into a series of talks, Hungary is ready to host events.
Navracsics arrived in Russia from Finland on Wednesday and will return to Hungary after the forum.

(MTI)