L‑R: Bálint Pásztor, President of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia, Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary and Ábel Pásztor, Chairman of the Board of the István Pásztor Foundation
The Hungarian and Serbian people do not live side by side, but with each other, and without the Serbian-Hungarian cooperation there can be no stability in the Balkan region, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán emphasized on Thursday in Subotica (Szabadka) after receiving the István Pásztor Award, named after the leading figure of the Hungarian minority in Vojvodina.
“Throughout our history, Serbs and Hungarians have never been on such good terms or had such a good relationship as we do today. This is a fact that no one can dispute today. A lot of work has gone into this,” he added. “Peace, stability, and economic prosperity in the Balkans will be assured if there is and remains a relationship of trust and strategic partnership between Serbia and Hungary,” he stated.
“What we call friendship in everyday life, what we call good relations between our peoples, is called an alliance in international politics. In short, this means that you know you can count on each other. If you have a problem, you can turn to them, and if they face challenges in life, you help them without question. We are living in such times right now. The significance of our cooperation goes beyond the relationship between the two peoples and is intended to stabilize the entire Balkan world, the entire region. (…) Let’s not be modest, without Serbian-Hungarian cooperation there can be no stability in the entire Balkan region,” he stated.
We are experiencing changes in the world today that reevaluate Serbian-Hungarian relations. The old world we have lived in until now is falling apart before our eyes,”
he explained. PM Viktor Orbán added that Western Europe “is losing its remaining influence these very days.”
Hungary and Serbia are building a new oil pipeline between our nations. We already have a gas link, now oil will flow too. Prioritising energy security, I have ordered the Hungarian section to be fast-tracked as a government project. This is how strong partners support… pic.twitter.com/sb4Np26W2m
— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) November 27, 2025
“The Americans and Russians are negotiating the future, while the people in Brussels are waiting in the hallway and peeking through the keyhole. Europe is still making plans for war, while everyone else is already negotiating peace,” the Prime Minister elaborated. He pointed out that this could be laughed off, but it is rather worrying and dangerous, “because Brussels leaders have become so influenced by their own war propaganda that it is now jeopardizing the security of the entire continent.”
In his opinion, this is why alliances such as the one between Hungarians and Serbs are becoming more valuable. Hungarians and Serbs have vitality. “We do not want to give up on ourselves, we do not want to disappear from the map, we do not want to become insignificant. However, separately, we are not strong enough. Separately, we are just trees, but together we are a forest, and it is the forest that can withstand the storm. This is the philosophy of Central European cooperation. If we cooperate, join forces, help each other, and stand together against attempts at political destabilization organized from abroad, we will find ourselves in a better world,” he emphasized. Viktor Orbán added, “History rarely offers such a good opportunity to two peoples, and we have now been given one.”
He said that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is a leader of a kind that is rare, “even though we need more of them in European politics.”
Via MTI; Featured photo: MTI/Miniszterelnöki Kommunikációs Fõosztály/Fischer Zoltán
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