Péter Szijjártó, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations held talks with Czech deputy minister of industry and trade Milan Hovorka on bilateral economic cooperation in Budapest on Tuesday.

Hungary increased its sales to the Czech Republic by over 4 per cent last year, and the total amount of Hungarian investments there reached 320 million euros – the state secretary’s press chief said.

Photo: Károly Árvai

The Czech Republic is Hungary’s ninth biggest trading partner. The two sides agreed to promote cooperation between Skoda Transportation and Hungarian vehicle companies, with special regard to the Czech delivery of trams to Miskolc and trolleybuses to Szeged.

(MTI)