Szijjarto: Hungary urges EU to speed up Serbia, Montenegro accession

The European Union should be much bolder in speeding up its enlargement with Western Balkan countries, and open all chapters of accession talks with Serbia and Montenegro this year, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told MTI after meeting Johannes Hahn, commissioner for enlargement negotiations, in Brussels on Thursday. Szijjarto said Hungary is highly dissatisfied with the European Commission's stance that the two countries can be admitted in 2025 at the earliest. The accession of Western Balkan states is in the economic and security interest of Europe as a whole, and their integration would ensure stability in the region, he said. Should it be neglected, "a new wave of migration may easily appear at the southern borders of the EU, which coincides in this case with Hungary's border," the minister said.