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WASHINGTON - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, noting that preserving peace and stability in the region was a necessary prerequisite for its further political, economic and any other development.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric received Hungarian Ambassador to Belgrade Jozsef Magyar on Thursday to discuss the current political situation in the region and Europe.

The parties exchanged views on the preliminary results of the recent European Parliament elections and potential directions of the European policy in the coming period, the Serbian MFA said in a statement.

"The Hungarian government claims to support peace but actually backs the war led by Putin," stated US Ambassador to Budapest, David Pressman, following the recent trip of Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó to St. Petersburg, as reported by the Guardian.

BUDAPEST - Serbian FM Marko Djuric, who is visiting Hungary on his first bilateral trip abroad, met with Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto in Budapest on Friday afternoon.

Thanking Szijjarto for Hungary's positions on the so-called Kosovo's Council of Europe (CoE) membership bid and a resolution on Srebrenica, Djuric said Hungary would always have Serbia's support.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric will travel to Budapest on Friday for an official visit to Hungary.

During his first bilateral visit abroad, Djuric will meet with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic received a New Year's greeting card from Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto on Wednesday.

Szijjarto wished Dacic a merry Christmas and a happy New Year, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

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Hungary will lift its objection to Bulgaria joining Europe's passport-free Schengen zone after the Bulgarian parliament formally confirms its scrapping of an extra tax on Russian gas shipments, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said.

"I was informed by my Bulgarian colleague that yesterday the Bulgarian parliament scrapped this law," Szijjarto said in a video on his Facebook page.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said on Tuesday her ministry had been informed by Bulgaria that the country would lift its new tax on transit of Russian natural gas to Serbia and Hungary.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said on Friday Serbia had Hungary's support when it comes to natural gas supplies.

Djedovic Handanovic said this after a meeting with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto.

GENEVA - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said in Geneva on Monday evening his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto had conveyed to him a message from PM Viktor Orban that there were growing demands from those supporting Pristina's calls for imposing sanctions against Serbia but that Hungary would definitely not allow that to happen.