Minister Szijjártó welcomed the fact that it was once again confirmed that the US administration considered the Hungarian government a friend, and considered developing bilateral relations important.
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the US administration is demonstrating hundred percent openness to reviewing and discontinuing the revenge measures introduced against Hungary during the previous administration.
Speaking in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, after talks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Minister Szijjártó said they had discussed bilateral economic cooperation and reviewed measures introduced in the last weeks and days of the previous Biden administration that were “created clearly with the intention of political revenge, in order to harm Hungary and later harm future Hungary-US relations”.
“There are measures involving sanctions that affect Hungary’s energy security in the areas of natural gas acquisition and also nuclear energy, but there is also the sanction against Minister [of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Office Antal] Rogán,” he added.
“We have launched the necessary legal procedures concerning all three issues and the secretary of state assured us of absolute openness regarding leaving behind us these revenge measures as soon as possible,” the foreign minister said.
Minister Szijjártó said they had also discussed cooperation in investment and emphasised that it also violated the interests of US companies offering jobs to more than a hundred thousand people in Hungary, that the Biden administration had cancelled the agreement on avoiding double taxation.
He added that the decision had been in response to Hungary refusing to join the pack in connection with the global minimum tax, which is also opposed by Donald Trump.
“My US counterpart also registered the importance of again signing and reintroducing the agreement on avoiding double taxation,” he said.
Minister Szijjártó welcomed the fact that it was once again confirmed that the US administration considered the Hungarian government a friend, and considered developing bilateral relations important.
“It is a cooperation based on friendship and absolute mutual respect, which can be extremely successful in the upcoming period,” he said.
