The planned motorway is part of an earlier agreement to build motorways linking the two countries every five years, Szijjártó said in a joint statement with Sorin Mihai Grindeanu, Romania’s deputy prime minister.

“We succeeded in 2015 and in 2020, and another success is being readied for 2025 to link the M3 motorway in Hungary with the road network around Satu Mare (Szatmárnémeti),” he said.

“Today we sealed the next success, for 2030, agreeing on a fourth motorway link,” he added.

The motorway between Budapest and Békéscsaba will be extended to the border, creating a link to the Romanian motorway network south of Salonta (Nagyszalonta), Szijjártó said.

A border crossing point has been agreed upon and the people of Méhkerék, in south-east Hungary, are making preparations, he said.

Developing cooperation between Hungary and Romania is a priority strategic interest both to serve the ethnic Hungarian community and to broaden economic relations, he added.

Szijjártó said that bilateral trade exceeded 12 billion euros last year, a record-breaking figure, making Romania Hungary’s third largest export market.

“Developing cooperation is unimaginable without developing physical links between the two countries,” he added.

Grindeanu thanked Hungary for its support for Romania’s Schengen accession process. Commenting on the planned construction of a crossing station at the Hungarian-Romanian-Serbian triple border, he said the local authorities of Beba Veche (Obeba) supported the project.