Magyar's visit — spanning Kraków, Warsaw and Gdańsk — comes after years of strained ties between the two countries under his predecessor.
"Unfortunately we can see that Poland is light years ahead of us in agriculture and the food industry, so we can look at best practices and adopt them", Magyar told reporters before departure.
Hungary's Foreign Minister Anita Orbán underscored the reset on Sunday, announcing on social media that Polish-Hungarian relations were entering "a new era" requiring a fresh approach — and recalling the Hungarian ambassador to Warsaw, István Íjgyártó.
In Kraków, Magyar is scheduled to meet with Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś before traveling by train to Warsaw for talks with Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Karol Nawrocki. He will then proceed to Gdańsk to visit the European Solidarity Centre and meet former President and Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa. Magyar is expected to continue to Vienna before returning to Budapest by rail.
Prof. László Nagy of the Jagiellonian University called the visit "an important symbolic step" in rebuilding bilateral ties.
"A few years ago, my superior at the Jagiellonian University said we cannot allow politicians to appropriate the cause of our thousand-year friendship. Unfortunately, they did. Now politicians should repair what has been broken between our nations", Nagy said.
He also welcomed the broad ministerial delegation. "Their presence in Poland will be a signal to repair our relations in every field", he said, adding that Magyar's rail journey from Kraków to Warsaw carried its own symbolic weight.
Nagy expressed cautious optimism about the new Budapest government's direction, and said the political shift in Hungary could revive the Visegrád Group. "The prime ministers of Slovakia and the Czech Republic are already waiting for their new colleague in the group", he noted.
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Source: PAP, Polish Radio