The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Ruslan Kazakbaev to Hungary, met with the Chairman of the Hungarian National Assembly L.Kever

On October 4, 2021, within the official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Ruslan Kazakbaev to Hungary, met with the Chairman of the Hungarian National Assembly L.Kever.

During the meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic R. Kazakbaev expressed gratitude to the Hungarian side for support and assistance in opening the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in Hungary. Minister R. Kazakbaev also informed the Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament L. Kever about the forthcoming November 28 of this year parliamentary elections in the Kyrgyz Republic. In this regard, Minister R. Kazakbaev also announced the planned opening of the first polling station at the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in Hungary for the parliamentary elections.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic R. Kazakbaev conveyed a message to L. Kever on behalf of the Chairman of Parlament of the Kyrgyz Republic T. Mamytov with an invitation to visit Kyrgyzstan.

Minister R. Kazakbaev noted the importance of intensifying inter-parliamentary cooperation between the Kyrgyz Republic and Hungary.

Minister R. Kazakbaev also informed L. Kever about the results of the negotiations with the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs of Hungary Peter Szijjarto, the 1st meeting of the Kyrgyz-Hungarian Strategic Council.

Minister R. Kazakbaev announced the launch of the Hungarian-Kyrgyz Development Fund headquartered in Bishkek.

The Minister also outlined the work carried out by the parties on the issue of opening direct flights from Budapest to Bishkek in the near future. He informed the Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament L. Kever about the agreements reached to increase the quotas for Kyrgyz students in the universities of Hungary to 200 places.

The Chairman of the Hungarian National Assembly L. Kever expressed the readiness of the Hungarian side to further strengthen the strategic partnership with Kyrgyzstan, welcomed the holding in 2022 of joint events dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Kyrgyz Republic and Hungary.