Szijjarto: Unimpeded movement of freight, returnees vital during crisis

The unimpeded movement of goods and citizens returning home must be secured within the European Union during the crisis caused by novel coronavirus, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after talks with his Bulgarian counterpart in Sofia on Thursday. Szijjarto told a joint press conference with Ekaterina Zakharieva that they agreed all governments had a dual responsibility during the crisis to protect the lives and health of citizens and to secure continual supplies so as to sustain the functioning of the economy. He said this required all countries guaranteeing unrestricted freight transport. Greater European coordination and assistance is needed in this respect, he added. Transit routes must be secured at community level, just as Budapest and Sofia have already secured the route for goods and retuning European citizens, he added.