Hungarian President Katalin Novak expressed hope Tuesday at the joint news conference with her visiting Armenian counterpart, Vahagn Khachaturyan, in Budapest that the two countries will be able to intensify their relations and achieve a tangible result of cooperation, Armenpress reported.

“The last time an Armenian president visited [Hungary] was in 2009, while this is the first presidential visit after the change of the political system,” the Hungarian president said. “I hope that we will be able to change this trend and intensify our relations and have more official visits between our countries. There is readiness on our side, and I hope that on your side as well.”

Novak described the restoration of Armenia-Hungary relations as “historic.”

“We need to understand the content of our diplomatic relations in order to be able to resolve all misunderstandings of the past,” the Hungarian president said, citing two recently signed memoranda as a testament to the willingness of the two countries to cooperate.