奥斯陆，10月23日 - 挪威已与匈牙利达成协议，允许重启一项因与前匈牙利政府存在分歧而暂停的拨款计划，挪威外交大臣埃斯彭·巴特·埃伊德周五向路透社透露。
OSLO, Oct 23 - Norway has reached an agreement with Hungary allowing the restart of a grants scheme halted over disagreements with the previous Hungarian government, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide told Reuters on Friday.
埃伊德将与冰岛和列支敦士登的同行，于周一在布达佩斯与匈牙利外交部长安妮塔·奥尔班会面，签署2.541亿欧元（2.85亿美元）的协议，该协议属于欧洲经济区和挪威拨款计划。
Eide, together with his counterparts from Iceland and Liechtenstein, will meet Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orban in Budapest on Monday to sign the €254.1-million ($285-million) agreement under the European Economic Area and Norway Grants scheme.
该协议涵盖2021年至2028年的资助期，尽管付款可持续至2031年4月，并使匈牙利成为15个受助国中第四大受助国，仅次于波兰、罗马尼亚和保加利亚。
The deal covers the 2021-2028 funding period, although payments are possible until April 2031, and makes Hungary the fourth-largest of 15 recipients after Poland, Romania and Bulgaria.
埃伊德表示，由于未能就独立基金运营商达成一致，2014年至2021年资助期没有任何付款，当时的政府由维克托·奥尔班领导。
There were no payments in the 2014-2021 funding period because of a failure to agree on an independent fund operator with the previous government led by Viktor Orban, Eide said.
“挪威和欧洲经济区拨款计划中，挪威向匈牙利的转移支付已有10年没有进行，”他说，但匈牙利政府的更迭，现由彼得·马扎尔领导，使重启成为可能。
"So there has been no transfer from Norway to Hungary in the Norway and EEA grants for 10 years," he said, but the change in government in Hungary now led by Peter Magyar has made a restart possible.
挪威提供97%的资金，旨在支持挪威和匈牙利组织在包括民主、法治、新闻自由、打击腐败和绿色转型等领域的合作。
Norway provides 97% of the funding, which seeks to support cooperation between Norwegian and Hungarian organisations in areas including democracy, rule of law, press freedom, combatting corruption and the green transition.
埃伊德表示，现在已就控制机制达成一致，以确保资金得到妥善使用。
There is now agreement on control mechanisms to ensure the proper use of funds, Eide said.
“我们非常欢迎马扎尔政府的方向，因为在我看来，匈牙利人回归某种关键的欧洲价值观和原则，对匈牙利人本身，也对欧洲都很重要，”埃伊德说。
"We are very much welcoming the direction of travel of the Magyar government because it is important in my view for the Hungarians, but also for Europe, that the Hungarians are coming back to sort of key European values and principles," Eide said.
挪威及其合作伙伴的这一举动，紧随欧洲委员会决定解冻此前被冻结的164亿欧元欧盟复苏和凝聚力基金之后，这得益于布达佩斯新政府下改革取得进展。
The move by Norway and its partners follows a decision by the European Commission to unlock €16.4 billion of previously frozen EU recovery and cohesion funds thanks to reforms making progress under the new government in Budapest.