Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Szijjarto said Thursday in Belgrade that his country is following the developments in Serbia and that it sees attempts to destabilize the country.

“I want to say completely clearly that stability and peace in Serbia are in the interest of us Hungarians,” Szijjarto told a joint press conference with his Serbian counterpart Marko Djuric. He added that Hungary appreciates and values the efforts of President Aleksandar Vucic and the Serbian Government to advance Hungary-Serbia relations.

Szijjarto added that Europe is currently in a difficult situation and that the EU needs new drive from the Western Balkans.

“It is shameful that the Brussels institutions are still blocking the process of Serbia’s integration,” said the Hungarian diplomat.

He stressed that the governments of Hungary and Serbia attach strategic importance to the development of bilateral relations.

“This is very important because a new world order and a new global political reality are emerging in which we live. That is good news for us, because that new political reality is emerging thanks to the new US president, who is conducting a patriotic policy and going against the ideology that was in place until now – the one of the US administration interfering in the internal affairs of other countries,” said Szijjarto, adding that US President Donald Trump has started a war against the international liberal mainstream.

He emphasized that the attacks on “national patriotic governments are still on the agenda, but they are no longer being run from both Brussels and Washington, but only from Brussels, which is why it is easier to stand up to them,” Szijjarto said.