Hungary to Facilitate Travel With New Measures at the Hungarian-Romanian Border

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó has said that the process of crossing the Hungarian-Romanian border will become easier.

The minister said that both Budapest and Bucharest are committed to improving bilateral cooperation, from which both territories can significantly benefit Schengen.News reports.

Minister Szijjártó said that there are also plans to expand the number of border crossing points to abolish the uncertainties caused by long waiting times.

In a statement provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, the Minister said that after talks with several members of the new government, the development of infrastructure at border crossing is also very important.

– Romania became a member of the Schengen area during the Hungarian EU presidency. As a result, controls at the borders between the two neighbouring countries were finally eliminated, as were the uncertainties caused by long waiting times – said Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary.

Number of Crossing Points Will Be Further Increased

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó appreciated the increase in the number of crossing points from 12 to 22, which reduces the average distance between crossing points from 37 to 20 kilometres.

– In many places, we have been able to eliminate the undignified situation where you could see the village on the other side of the border, but to visit relatives and friends, you had to take a detour of tens of kilometres – stated Szijjártó.

In addition, the Minister stressed that the number of crossings will further be increased, adding that all the necessary agreements in this regard have been prepared. He added that contracts had been signed for the reconstruction of the St Gellért Bridge in Magyarcsanád, as well as the design of a railway line connecting Szeged (southern Hungary) with Timisoara (Temesvár).

Source: schengen.news