Hungary, Romania ministers talk about cross-border, Danube projects

Fellegi said that Hungary is ready to support the soonest possible finalisation of intergovernmental agreements needed to link motorways and fast roads between the two countries. He agreed with his Romanian counterpart that further coordination is necessary for the future linkup of secondary roads.

    Fellegi briefed Udrea on Hungary s recent appointment of a government commissioner to coordinate projects related to the EU s Danube strategy and to hold talks on the strategy with other Danube countries. Udrea confirmed that Romania will host a Danube summit on November 8, 2010.

    The ministers emphasised that the Hungarian EU presidency due in the first half of 2011 will open opportunities for closer cooperation in the area of cohesion policy, including on decisions to distribute cohesion funding for the period 2014-2020.

    A fifth joint Hungarian-Romanian government session to be held in Romania in October this year will give way to further expert negotiations, the ministers agreed.