Szijjarto: Common V4 positions in Hungary's interest

The common positions taken by the Visegrad Group countries are "fully in line" with Hungary's national interests, and upholding them is therefore also in Hungary's interest, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Warsaw on Thursday. Addressing a meeting of Polish ambassadors at the invitation of his counterpart Jacek Czaputowicz, Szijjarto said the Visegrad Group cooperation had proven itself the strongest and most effective alliance within the European Union in recent years. He said the alliance comprising the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia had remained successful despite efforts by the international media and the "political elite" to "tear it apart". "Perhaps few would have thought in the past couple of years that we'd mount a successful challenge against the mandatory migrant quota scheme," the minister said.