The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Hungary, Peter Szijjarto, has stated that Budapest will not support Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe as it does not contribute to the dialogue.
Szijjarto, answering Tanjug's question, said that Hungary's position on Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe has been clear since before.
"We are rooting for the success of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, but we believe that Kosovo's candidacy for membership in international organizations does not contribute to that dialogue. "Hungary will not support Kosovo's admission to the Council of Europe," he said.
On Wednesday in Budapest, Szijjarto met with the Minister of Economy of Serbia, Adrijana Mesarovic, with whom he talked about the improvement of economic cooperation between Serbia and Hungary.
Two days ago, the head of the Commission for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, and also the deputy of the Vetëvendosje Movement, Arbëreshë Kryeziu-Hyseni, asked for the help of Hungary, which is in charge of the Presidency of the European Union, to speed up the process of Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe. during the meeting with the Hungarian ambassador in Kosovo, Bela Bozsik.
Kosovo has only one more step left to become a member of the Council of Europe – the vote of the EU Committee of Ministers.