Szijjarto: Hungary, Romania would benefit from closer ties

Closer ties between Hungary and Romania would benefit both countries and central Europe as a whole, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Arad, in western Romania, on Monday, at a joint press conference with Hunor Kelemen, the head of Romania's ethnic Hungarian RMDSZ party. Szijjarto said that "positive gestures" towards the ethnic Hungarian community in Transylvania would strengthen inter-state ties, and consequently the countries' role in the region. Hungary sees the ethnic Romanian community in Hungary as an important asset and continues to take steps to strengthen it, he said.