Hungary FM: W Balkans' European integration Hungary's strategic interest

Hungary considers the European integration of the Western Balkans its strategic interest, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after talks with Meliza Haradinaj-Stublla, Kosovo's minister of foreign affairs and diaspora, in Budapest on Thursday. Having peace and progress in the Western Balkans is in Hungary's interest, Szijjarto told a press conference he held jointly with Haradinaj-Stublla. "If the opposite is the case, that's bad for Hungary," the minister said. "Whatever happens in the region, it will have an immediate effect on Hungary," he said.