Hungary, Slovakia to open new border crossing stations

The Hungarian government is working to open new crossing points at its border with Slovakia this week, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told MTI on Monday. "Such difficult situations such as we are in now show to what a great extent Hungary and neighbouring countries have to rely on one another," Szijjarto said. He noted that Slovakia was Hungary's third major trading partner, adding that Hungary was similarly important for Slovakia. Ties between communities on both sides of the Hungary-Slovakia border are very close, with hundreds of thousands of local Hungarians and Slovaks for whom a legal possibility to cross into the other country is crucial, the minister said.