“Long live the thousand-year Polish–Hungarian friendship!” wrote Hungarian opposition leader Magyar Péter after his meetings in Munich.
The leader of the Tisza Party traveled to the Munich Security Conference, where he held talks with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Following their meeting, Magyar said the two sides agreed that both Hungary and Poland must do everything possible to facilitate a swift peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. They also agreed that, after a potential change of government in Hungary, they would immediately rebuild Hungarian–Polish political, economic, and cultural relations and give new momentum to cooperation within the Visegrád Group.
Both leaders stressed the importance of strengthening the protection of Europe’s external borders, improving European competitiveness, and reinforcing transatlantic relations. Magyar also stated that, if he becomes prime minister, his first official foreign visit would be to Warsaw.
According to Magyar, Poland would support the release of EU funds worth 8,000 billion forints allocated to Hungary once corruption issues are addressed. At the same time, he noted that a majority of Hungarian society does not support Ukraine’s accelerated accession to the European Union.
At the end of the meeting, Magyar invited Tusk to Budapest for the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
In a separate Facebook post, Magyar reported that he also held productive talks with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and several members of the Croatian government. They reviewed Hungarian–Croatian relations and discussed the upcoming Hungarian elections.
“We talked about global security challenges and how our countries can contribute to achieving a durable, internationally guaranteed peace between Ukraine and Russia as soon as possible,” Magyar wrote. He also noted that no bilateral meeting between Hungarian and Croatian prime ministers has taken place in the past eight years.
“Our goal is to resolve the growing number of disputes that have emerged in recent years,” Magyar added, also inviting Plenković to Budapest for the 70th anniversary of the 1956 revolution.
The Hungarian delegation included Orbán Anita, a politician of the Tisza Party, whom Magyar introduced as his prospective foreign minister. Orbán Anita is not related to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
We wrote about Péter Magyar’s election prospects in a previous article.
