With trade turnover of over 10 billion euros, Slovakia is Hungary’s third biggest trading partner, trailing only Germany and Austria, Orbán told a joint press conference. He added that the year-on-year increase exceeded 9% so far this year. The government is happy to see Slovak investors show an increased interest in Hungary, Orbán said. He welcomed that Hungary continued to see investments from Slovakia in 2020 as well. “We’ve looked at the last ten years of our partnership,” the prime minister said. “We must say that our ties have never been better than they are today.”
This, Orbán said, required a meeting of two successful countries. He praised the last ten years of Slovakia’s economic achievements as a “fantastic success story”, noting that the two countries also had “shared success stories”.
In terms of the EU’s enlargement with the Western Balkan countries, Hungary and Slovakia “are playing from the same score”, Orbán said, adding that the two countries have an identical approach to the issue of migration and have a high regard for Visegrad cooperation.