Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Timco Mucunski has met today’s newly appointed special envoy of Hungary’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Western Balkans, Ambassador Andrash Klein.

As you make known MPJ and TJ, at the meeting, have expressed satisfaction with the continued development of excellent relations and co-operation between the two countries, which in 2025 rose to the level of strategic co-operation between the two governments.

At the same time, common commitment to further deepening the partnership was confirmed in areas of mutual interest.

Special emphasis is placed on the importance of the reliable and dynamic process of European Union enlargement, as significant incentives for stability, reforms and development in the Western Balkans. In this direction it has voiced expectations for continued Hungarian support for the region’s European perspective, the ministry says.

The conversationators, among other things, exchanged opinions on the current situation in the Western Balkans, stressing the shared commitment to preserving and promoting peace, security and stability in the region, especially in the context of current global and security challenges, it is said in communique.