A new high-voltage power line is being built in Romania for this purpose, which will reach the Hungarian border by 2028-2029, thus enabling our country to access the new source. The Bucharest meeting is a milestone for the project, and the point of no return is close, as the electricity companies of the participating countries will establish a joint company, and we have also signed an amendment to the Green Energy Partnership Agreement in order to fully comply with European regulations. We hope that the EU will also seriously commit to diversification and will also contribute financially to our project, he stressed. Following his meeting with Marian-Catalin Predoiu, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of Romania, Minister Péter Szijjártó stated that it is in Hungary's national interest for Romania to join the Schengen area, as the abolition of road border controls would, on the one hand, eliminate long lines at border crossings, and on the other hand, ten road connections that are currently only open on Saturdays could be made available to traffic permanently.
This would make it easier to maintain contact between the Hungarian communities living on both sides of the border, and Schengen membership would be extremely beneficial for companies in both countries given our close economic relations. Therefore, we will do everything we can to ensure that Romania can join the area during the Hungarian EU Presidency, he stressed. The minister also signed a bilateral agreement on cross-border law enforcement cooperation. He pointed out that both countries are located on a route that was previously favored by illegal immigrants and the organized crime that relies on them. “They would keep on doing this even now had Romania and Hungary not acted as strictly against migrants, human trafficking and organized crime as we did,” he stressed. In his meeting with Hunor Kelemen, President of the Romanian Democratic Union (UDMR), the Minister congratulated the Alliance on its good results in the local and EP elections in June and, referring to the upcoming Romanian parliamentary elections, expressed that these successes will gain their ultimate meaning if the UDMR is also represented in Bucharest, in the government, for which it will need a strong faction in parliament. He also assured President Hunor Kelemen of his support in ensuring that the Catholic school in Târgu Mureș would be able to operate fully as soon as possible.
In addition, Romania's Schengen accession and bilateral cooperation in economic development were also discussed during their meeting.
