Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, on Thursday announced that Serbian and Chinese partners would examine how to build a crude pipeline in the shortest possible time between Hungary and Serbia, with the goal of beefing up the security of energy supplies for the two countries and the whole region. Szijjártó said Hungary and Serbia was embarking on building Europe’s most modern, biggest, safest and fastest border crossing. „The road crossing at Röszke is extremely busy. We’re all too familiar with the images of long lines of lorries and cars. We don’t want this to be the case in the future…” he said. Meanwhile, he said farm exports were important to bilateral trade, noting that Hungary has the most Chinese export licences in central Europe. Thanks to today’s agreement, more produce has been added to the list, he said, citing the example of cherries. Also, cooperation will be extended to nuclear energy, he said. „We have now agreed with the Chinese government on drafting a cooperation agreement covering the length and breadth of the nuclear industry to ensure both countries’ access to the cheapest, safest, most efficient way of producing electricity,” Szijjártó said. Demand for electricity will increase sharply the world over, he said, adding that nuclear energy best met such demand.