Fico congratulated the head of the Tisa Magyar party on his victory in the Hungarian elections

On April 13, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico congratulated the head of the Hungarian Tisa party, Peter Magyar, on his victory in the parliamentary elections in Hungary and expressed his readiness to expand cooperation with the new government of the country.

"I respectfully take note of the decision of the Hungarian citizens <...> and am ready for intensive cooperation with the new Hungarian Prime Minister, whom I congratulate on the election results," Fico said in a statement.

At the same time, the Slovak Prime Minister thanked Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who lost the election, for the fruitful and close cooperation between Budapest and Bratislava. He also noted that Slovak-Hungarian relations "have never been at such a high level before."

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