Szijjarto: V4, US natural allies

The Visegrad Group and the United States are natural allies, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Washington, DC, on Thursday at a forum organised by the Centre for European Policy Analysis, a US think-tank specialising in central Europe. "Central Europe, especially the Visegrad Group, has been the voice of reason in the heated and weighty discussions on the future of the European Union," Szijjarto said. "Central Europe is the safest region in Europe," he said, attributing this to a common approach to the economy and security based on "rational policies which central Europe shares in many ways with the current US administration". The US and V4 countries put the security of their countries and citizens as a top priority, "unlike the flawed, dangerous and hypocritical policies of the European Union," Szijjarto said.