Bertalan Havasi, head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office, has informed the kormany.hu government news portal that Hungarian prime minister and President of Fidesz Viktor Orbán has sent a letter to Sebastian Kurz congratulating him on the victory of his Austrian Peoples’ Party in Sunday’s parliamentary election.

In his letter to the president of Fidesz’s Austrian sister party, Mr. Orbán wrote:

“Yesterday’s result has clearly shown that the majority of the electorate in Austria also cast their vote in favour of value-based policies that guarantee security and stability. I trust that following the successful formation of a government we will be able to continue and strengthen the cooperation between our two countries as close allies and according to the Christian-conservative values that you also consistently represent.”

“I wish you success in the upcoming coalition negotiations”, he added.

(Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister/MTI)