Several hundreds of thousands of migrants from Myanmar could leave for Europe unless the authorities get a grip on the situation there, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said during an official visit on Tuesday, MTI reported.
Speaking from Naypyidaw, Myanmar's capital city, Szijjarto told MTI by phone that "it is in the security interest of Europe and Hungary to forestall a wave of hundreds of thousands of migrants from Myanmar". "For this reason, Hungary supports Myanmar's efforts to overcome the current situation," he said, adding that Hungary supports Myanmar's reforms needed to build the democratic institutional system and stabilise the country's economy in order to overcome the political and economic causes of migration.
Hungary has offered favourable credit for projects in the area of water management and agriculture, which are important from an economic development point of view, he said. Hungary also supports Myanmar in international organisations, he added.
