”Cooperation between Hungary and Tunisia is important from both an economic and security perspective”, foreign minister Szijjártó said during his visit in Tunis.
The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártómet with the Tunisian President and Foreign Minister, the Ministers of Transport, Agriculture and Higher Education, and the directors of Tunisia’s largest companies and with officials from the Chamber of Commerce an Industry during his visit to Tunis.
“Cooperation between Hungary and Tunisia is extremely important from both an economic and security perspective. From a security perspective because while there is peace and stability in Tunisia “we can be sure that hundreds of thousands or millions of illegal immigrants will not overrun Europe from this stretch of North African coastline”, and although the people of Tunisia live their lives under a major threat of terrorism “they are holding up for the moment”, he stressed, adding that it would also be in Europe’s interests for the country to remain stable in the long term, because while this is the case “the European Union can count on one less danger from the south”.
Mr. Szijjártó highlighted that for this reason on Monday the parties had signed a bilateral agreement on Interior Ministry and anti-terrorism cooperation according to which Hungary will be sharing its border control and border security experiences with Tunisia.
