On Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Tibor Navracsics said that the day-to-day functioning of Slovak-Hungarian relations is excellent, though this does not mean that there are no areas of disagreement; the aim, however, is not to avoid all possible disagreement, but to successfully resolve it, he said.

During his first official visit to Bratislava in his capacity as foreign minister, Mr. Navracsics held a press conference together with his Slovak counterpart Miroslav Lajčák.

Mr. Navracsics praised the success of Slovak-Hungarian infrastructure development projects and highlighted the importance of continuing a process which had already been started. He added that within the Visegrád Four group – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – the closest cooperation is between Hungary and Slovakia.

Mr. Navracsics is scheduled to meet Slovak prime minister Robert Fico and President Andrej Kiska, followed by a visit to the headquarters of the Party of the Hungarian Community.

(MTI)