Aleksandar Vucic (BETAPHOTO/MILAN ILIC)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic stated in Hungary on Nov. 14 that the high-speed railway line between Belgrade and Budapest would be established by March 2026 and that the journey would take two hours and 45 minutes.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest, ahead of the second session of the Serbia-Hungary Strategic Cooperation Council, Vucic said that this line would have been established much earlier, were it not for the three kilometers of its passing through the capital of Hungary.
Vucic said that, during the meeting that lasted for one hour and 50 minutes, he “asked Orban to consider Serbia’s wish” to become the owner of a five to 10 percent stake in Hungary’s nuclear power plant Paks. “We are prepared to pay the full price for a five to ten percent stake in the Paks nuclear power plant. They have not yet replied; they said they would consider the request,” he stated.
Vucic said that they also discussed the construction of the oil pipeline between Serbia and Hungary, for which the preliminary design has been completed and which will cost Serbia around EUR150 million. “Serbia is receiving oil via the Adriatic Pipeline (Janaf), running through Croatia; we believe this type of diversification is very beneficial and that we could accomplish a somewhat lower price, while we have no complaints over the professional relation with the Croats on that issue,” Vucic stated.
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