State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó held talks with Goran Knezevic, Serbian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, about modernising the Budapest-Belgrade railway line and opening three new crossing points between Hungary and Serbia.

Both State Secretary Szijjártó and Minister Knezevic are co-presidents of the Hungarian-Serbian Economic Joint Committee that is currently holding a two-day meeting in Budapest.

Photo: Károly Árvai

The parties have agreed that cross-border development will be in the focus of cooperation between the two countries, while negotiations will commence regarding the possible role of the Hungarian water industry cluster in Serbia.

(Prime Minister’s Office)