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The Hungarian and Slovak prime ministers and the Serbian president met today in Komárno (Révkomárom), Slovakia. The leaders of the three countries discussed joint action against illegal migration, reportsMagyar Nemzet.
Ahead of the meeting, Viktor Orbán shared a photo and wrote on his social media page: “Together we fight against illegal migration!”
During the press conference, Robert Fico described the meeting as exceptional.
We were right to say that the EU’s external borders must be protected, instead of migrants entering the EU dispersed,”
emphasized the Slovak Prime Minister.
He also thanked Serbia for helping to curb illegal migration. Fico expressed his full support for Serbia’s membership of the EU, which he said was a legitimate ambition. He also thanked Viktor Orbán for what Hungary is doing to curb migration.
Aleksandar Vučić, Robert Fico and Viktor Orbán (L-R).Photo: MTI/Miniszterelnöki Sajtóiroda/Fischer Zoltán
The leaders also adopted a joint declaration with conclusions.
The President said that the three politicians present also discussed the importance of peace, which is not popular with many opinion leaders in Europe.
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Prime Minister Orbán stressed that he was grateful that Prime Minister Fico had invited him to the trilateral summit. He noted that when the assassination attempt took place, it was experienced in Hungary as a loss. “I have never seen such pro-Slovak manifestations in Hungary as I saw then,” he added.
He highlighted that the three current leaders had 40 years of experience at the helm of their countries. This also means responsibility for regional cooperation. Viktor Orbán agreed that “what we have said has happened on migration. If we let in millions of migrants, there will be trouble,” he underlined.
The number of illegal border crossing attempts in recent years was 3.8 million, of which 1 million were at the Hungarian border. Last year, 430,000 decisions were taken in the EU to expel migrants, but only a few tens of thousands of them were enforced.
Now Schengen is also in danger because of panicky decisions by Western leaders to reintroduce border controls,
he explained.
Migration Summit with President @avucic and Prime Minister Robert Fico. There is a rebellion in #Brussels against migration. Brussels’ Migration Pact is part of the problem, not the solution. The only way to solve the European #migration crisis is by protecting our borders and… pic.twitter.com/ePMBndKZIm
— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) October 22, 2024
Viktor Orbán also spoke about economic cooperation. He noted that Serbia and Slovakia were crucial countries for Hungary in terms of energy supply.
In response to a question from a journalist, the Hungarian Prime Minister explained that hotspots should be set up where migrants were leaving from. “Only people for whom a decision has been taken can enter the territory of the European Union,” he emphasized. He left open the possibility of further cooperation between Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia.
Via Magyar Nemzet; Featured image via MTI/Miniszterelnöki Sajtóiroda/Fischer Zoltán