Péter Szijjártó, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations, has been involved in negotiations as the Chairman of the Hungarian-Kuwaiti Economic Commission in Kuwait about Hungarian companies who will be participating in the projects resulting from the implementation of the Kuwaiti national development plan.

During his visit, the State Secretary will be meeting with among others the State Secretary of the Foreign Ministry, the State Secretary of Finance and the Director of the Kuwaiti Investment Authority, and will be opening the event organised by the Kuwaiti Chamber of Commerce and Industry on opportunities for Hungarian-Kuwaiti entrepreneurial development.

Péter Szijjártó declared that the Hungarian government would like to establish a strategic partnership with Kuwait. As a result of the meeting with Kuwait's State Secretary for Finance, the parties agreed that the Kuwaiti-Hungarian Economic Commission would hold its inaugural meeting in Budapest next March.

Referring to the establishment of the Commission, Péter Szijjártó emphasized that this is a significant step for Hungary, since the Hungarian Government endeavours to build closer ties with the Arab world in relation to the policy of „Eastern opening”, and Kuwait is a country with whom Hungary would like to develop a strategic partnership.

(Prime Minister’s Office)