"Serbia has many friends - but Hungary is special"

Serbia has many friends, but Hungary takes a special place among them, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday in Senta, northern Serbia.

Izvor: Beta

Monday, 11.09.2017.

13:45

(Tanjug)

"Serbia has many friends - but Hungary is special"

According to Vucic, the current relations between Serbia and Hungary are "the best they have ever been in history."

"Such relations are not the result of coincidence or somebody's diktat, but of the fact Hungary and Serbia have responsible governments and presidents who have been able to recognize who their best neighbors are, and how much the economy can affect the closeness of two peoples," Vucic said.

According to him, Serbia and Hungary are connected by much more than the Danube, and the 151 kilometers of their common border.

"These connections date back to the distant past. Serbs have lived in in the territory of today's Hungary since the Middle Ages, and Matica Srpska was founded in Budapest in 1826, as our oldest cultural institution," according to Vucic - who added that between 250,000 and 300,000 ethnic Hungarians now live in Serbia, primarily in the northern province of Vojvodina.

He said that Serbs in Hungary and Hungarians in Serbia are both at home.

"I am proud of Hungarians from Vojvodina and Serbs from Hungary. Hungary should be our main ally. Serbia has shown through its work that it is on its way to the family of European peoples, and through centuries our path to Europe has been via Budapest and Vienna," he said.

Vucic added that his country "will know to appreciate the friendship of Hungary."

"Hungary's support means a lot to us, we will continue to build good relations with neighbors, because a strong Serbia means a strong Balkans and the whole region. Serbia knows who its friends are, it knows how to value its friends and repay good with good," Vucic said, describing "the friendship between the two nations" as "inextricably strengthened."

Janos Ader said that bilateral relations were at an all time high, and that he supported Serbia on its path to the European Union.

Ader said at the meeting that the political dialogue and personal relations between Serbian and Hungarian leaders were improving constantly, giving credit to Vucic, Beta reported.

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