Hungary and Estonia marked the centenary of their diplomatic relations, the anniversary of Hungary recognising Estonia as an independent state in 1921, the foreign ministry said.
Since then, the two countries have built wide-ranging relations, “endowed with a special significance thanks to our languages’ shared Finno-Ugric roots”. In the past two decades, Hungary and Estonia have become EU and NATO allies, with the Hungarian Armed Forces participating in the aerial defence of Baltic air space in 2015 and 2019. The next such mission is scheduled for 2022. High-level meetings have also strengthened mutual ties, including visits of Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and House Speaker László Kövér to Estonia, and Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu to Budapest, the statement said, adding: “We trust that the next hundred years will bring unhampered development in political, economic and cultural ties.”
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