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Hungary and Switzerland are standing together for the success of the peace talks, as it is clear to both countries that there is no solution to the war in Ukraine on the battlefield, and that only a diplomatic settlement is conceivable, said Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on Monday in Bern. The parties also discussed economic cooperation and tourism.
Following talks with his Swiss counterpart, Ignazio Cassis, the Minister reported that the two countries share a similar stance on the most serious problems facing Europe and the world. “We stand firmly for peace, we take decisive action against illegal migration, and we base our political strategy on common sense,” he underlined.
Péter Szijjártó emphasized that Hungary and Switzerland are also consistently opposed to the politicization of international organizations, as this makes peace efforts practically impossible.
In large international organizations, it must be possible for countries that disagree or are hostile to each other to discuss their problems and concerns.
If we take away this opportunity, if we politicize the work of international organizations, then we are effectively giving up the possibility of peace,” he stressed.
The Minister went on to highlight that the good political cooperation between the two countries provides an excellent basis for effective economic cooperation, which in his words, is clearly demonstrated by the fact that Swiss investment in Hungary has tripled over the past ten years. “Over the past ten years, the Hungarian government has supported 44 major Swiss corporate investments.
These investments have brought 600 billion forints (1.48 billion euros) in investment value and job creation to Hungary, and Swiss companies now constitute the seventh largest investor community,”
he emphasized.
Finally, Mr. Szijjártó also mentioned that the number of Hungarians traveling to Switzerland has increased by 80 percent over the past year, and the number of Swiss tourists visiting Hungary has also risen by about a fifth. “All this shows that it is not only political and economic relations, but also relations between people that provide a sufficiently stable basis for good Hungarian-Swiss cooperation,” he said.
Via MTI, Featured photo via Facebook/Szijjártó Péter