Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Đurić held talks with his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó in the city of Szeged, Hungary, and the two stressed that "directed attempts to overthrow the government in both countries" will not succeed, the Serbian Foreign Ministry said in a press release, BTA reported.
At a press conference after yesterday's meeting, Đurić said that he "stands shoulder to shoulder with the Hungarian minister in opposing efforts to undermine the legitimately elected leaderships of Serbia and Hungary through external actions organized with the aim of undermining the democratically expressed will of the people, and directed in a direction that arranges the centers of power far beyond Belgrade and Budapest".
The press release of the ministry also states that after the meeting of the two ministers, it was stated that Serbia and Hungary "are on the side of true democracy and that the staged attempts to overthrow the government in both countries will not succeed".
Djuric pointed out at a press conference that there are significant parallels between what has been happening in the streets of the capitals of Serbia and Hungary in recent days.
On Saturday, an anti-government protest organized by students took place in Belgrade, which led to clashes with the police and arrests, and nearly 200,000 participants gathered at the Pride in Budapest despite the ban imposed by the Hungarian nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Szijjártó also warned that actions are underway that are being managed from outside and that aim to change the governments in the countries of Central Europe, where those who defend the sovereignty of their country.
In such a situation, according to him, cooperation between Hungary and Serbia takes on even greater importance, especially in the energy sector.
“Brussels wants to support Ukraine by threatening the energy supplies of our region, and this is simply impossible and we cannot accept a four- or five-fold increase in energy prices,“ explained Szijjártó.