Szijjarto signs cooperation agreement with West Virginia governor

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto signed an economic cooperation agreement with the governor of the US state of West Virginia, Jim Justice, on Tuesday. Ahead of the signing ceremony in Charleston, the state capital, Szijjarto told MTI by phone that Hungarian-US cooperation was a success story in economy and defence, and, "since the Republican government has been in office, also politically." West Virginia and Hungary have similar development trajectories, the minister noted. West Virginia has had the largest GDP growth among US states, and Hungary achieved the same among EU member states. Both have "broken records in employment rates and exports" thanks to bold policy decisions, Szijjarto said.