Hungary cedes 2025 CEI chairmanship to Serbian parliament

BELGRADE - After a meeting with Hungarian counterpart Laszlo Kover, Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said Hungary had ceded the 2025 Central European Initiative (CEI) chairmanship to the Serbian parliament.

At a joint press conference, Brnabic thanked Kover and said the move was very important for Serbia and its positioning.

She said Hungary was one of Serbia's most significant partners and, when it comes to external trade, its number four partner overall and its third-largest in the EU behind Germany and Italy.

She thanked Kover and Hungarian PM Viktor Orban for using all meetings in Brussels and Strasbourg to say the best about Serbia and call on the EU to take the country in as a full-fledged member.

She noted that bilateral parliamentary cooperation was extremely important as part of the activities of a strategic cooperation council set up in...