To not open negotiations with Macedonia was unfair by the EU, because the country had done all it was required to start negotiating, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told a joint press conference in Skopje along his Macedonian counterpart Bujar Osmani.

We, he said, are not satisfied and frustrated with the conclusions in Brussels about the enlargement and we consider all the decisions unjust.

According to the Minister, the EU if it had wanted to be honorable, it should have opened talks with Macedonia and Albania this year.

Respectfully, we ask our friends in Bulgaria its national issues the country considers an obstacle to close them during the negotiations rather than by hindering the start of the negotiations, said Szijjártó.

Delay of the start of negotiations undermines the EU’s credibility, he added, because on one side the EU has acknowledged that the Macedonians had made a huge progress, while in the other it wouldn’t approve the opening of negotiations.

We consider this situation harmful, dangerous against the EU principles from the point of view of security and the point of view of economic development, noted Szijjártó.

Hungary, its top diplomat said, demands that negotiations with Macedonia and Albania should be approved immediately.

The EU is facing historic challenges and we deem enlargement a success for the EU. Hungary will do everything possible enlargement to be accelerated toward the Western Balkans, Szijjártó stated.

Macedonia, the Minister said, plays an important role in stopping migration flows as it is on the main route of migration. He announced that 30 Hungarian police officers will arrive in the country in early January to help Macedonian police better guard the borders.