“Next Wednesday, a border crossing point will be opened for Hungarians working in Austria”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on his Facebook page on Friday morning.

The Minister wrote that last week two of his fellow Members of Parliament from Sopron, Ágnes Molnár and Attila Barcza, contacted him with relation to the problem that Hungarians who work in Austria are having to experience long waiting times at the Sopron border crossing station each morning.

“Although the police acted with exemplary speed and introduced a more flexible and simpler method of border control, it became clear that the only permanent solution is the opening of another border crossing point”, Mr. Szijjártó wrote, adding that his fellow MPs had recommended the border crossing station at Fertőrákos.

“Following talks with the Austrian Foreign Minister, we have come to a decision that also has a symbolic significance: we will be reopening the border crossing point close to the location of the 1989 Pan-European Picnic”, Mr. Szijjártó wrote.

According to the agreement, from next Wednesday Hungarians working in Austria will once again be able to use the border crossing point linking Fertőrákos and Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland (Szentmargitbánya).

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade / MTI)