Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met her Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán this afternoon at the Palazzo Chigi government building in Rome
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with her Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán this afternoon at the Palazzo Chizzi government building in Rome.
In a statement from the Italian government, it is underlined that Meloni congratulated Orban on the success of his country’s rotating EU presidency, on the adoption of the Budapest Declaration on competitiveness, as well as for the opening of the first chapter of the negotiations for the accession of Albania to the Union and the progress made with Bulgaria and Romania on the enlargement of the Schengen area.
The two prime ministers also expressed satisfaction for bilateral and trade relations and the will to further strengthen them.
With reference to the Ukrainian, they advocated a lasting and just peace, based on international law and the Charter of the United Nations, as stated in the announcement of the Italian government.
At the same time, Georgia Meloni and Viktor Orbán pledged that their countries will continue to support and participate in NATO and EU initiatives to stabilize the Western Balkans and reiterated their substantial support for the enlargement process involving the countries of the region.
In relation to immigration, in the announcement of the Italian government, it is underlined that it happened again clear reference to the will to combat irregular immigrationto strengthen cooperation with the countries of origin and transit of migrants, as well as to combat human trafficking.
The two prime ministers also expressed the common will to immediately update the relevant legal framework, in order to increase and facilitate the process of repatriations from the EU, with particular reference to strengthening the definition of safe countries origin. Finally, they underlined the importance of finding new ways to combat and prevent irregular immigration, with respect for international law and that of the European Union, based on the path that began to be followed with Italy’s agreement with Albania, says, finally, the announcement of the Meloni government.
Source :Skai
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