Romania did not give its consent at any level for Hungary to carry out investment programs in Transylvania, as happened in recent years, the press office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported to G4Media.
The response came after Mónika Kozma, head of the Pro Economica Foundation, which oversees the Hungarian government’s investment program in Transylvania, said in February that Hungary wants to start such a program in northwest Romania.
“No bilateral agreement was concluded, at any level, between Romania and Hungary, for the Hungarian state to carry out financing programs on the territory of Romania. In the absence of such an agreement, there is no consent from the Romanian side for the Hungarian side to carry out such programs in Romania”, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told G4Media.
Monika Kozma declared for the Kronika publication that “a Romanian-Hungarian agreement is still needed to launch the program. Negotiations are ongoing in this regard.”
Negotiations regarding the continuation of Transylvania’s economic development program began with the previous government in Bucharest, which imposed different conditions for Hungarian economic investments in Transylvania.
“Since then, the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis have become new problems. The continued funding of Hungarian economic support has become questionable, but the good news is that despite the economic problems, the Hungarian government has included this program in this year’s state budget. Therefore, the Hungarian side could launch the new tender, if the long-awaited agreement with Romania can be completed. We will update the data at any time with the help of partner farmers’ organizations. If we get the green light, we can launch the tenders in a short time”, explained the head of the Pro Economica Foundation.
