Budapest would have signed a 12-point plan to “develop ties” with Moscow | EUROtoday

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The Hungarian authorities would have signed an settlement with the Russian one, not made public up to now, to “expand economic, commercial, energy and cultural ties between the two countries”. This was revealed by the knowledge web site Politico, explaining that it had obtained paperwork drawn up by the Russian authorities which “clearly underline how much Budapest and Moscow hope to get closer”.

From the papers we be taught that final December ninththroughout a gathering within the Russian capital, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko signed a 12-point plan that establishes the extent to which the 2 governments would align in sectors starting from nuclear gas all’instruction and it sport.

The event of the signing was the sixteenth assembly of the Russian-Hungarian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperationestablished in 2005 and assembly yearly, with a break between the 14th assembly in November 2021 and the fifteenth in September 2024, in response to the pan-European publication. According to the paperwork, Russia and Hungary «have addressed the present problems with industrial cooperation and bilateral financial, joint actions within the power sector, business, healthcare, agriculture, development and different areas of mutual curiosity, in addition to within the cultural and humanitarian sphere”, also underlining the importance of “creating long-term and mutually useful ties between the 2 international locations in sectors of frequent curiosity”.

Politico – which acknowledges that it has not had the opportunity to verify the documents independently, despite having consulted industry experts – also explains that it has asked Szijjarto himself for comment. «Budapest’s bilateral cooperation is driven by national interest, not by pressure to conform to the extremely biased liberal mainstream media. Continue your biased work!”, was the response of the Hungarian minister.

Among the factors of the settlement, the dedication to “reverse the negative trend in bilateral trade”, which has decreased because of the EU sanctions towards Russia, and the opening to Russian corporations to start out new electrical energy and hydrogen initiatives in Hungary, in addition to a better cooperation on oil, gasoline and nuclear gas.