Szijjarto: 'Global East-West cooperation needed'

Within Europe, the hope of cooperation between East and West has evaporated for the time being due to the war in Ukraine, but on a global level this cooperation is ever more important, Peter Szijjarto, the Hungarian foreign minister, said at the Indo-Pacific Forum held in Prague on Monday. Szijjarto called for talks with countries in South-East Asia on prospective partnership and cooperation agreements to accelerate, arguing that intensifying foreign relations would strengthen the EU. Striking free trade agreements with Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia would be key in that regard.