04.10.22
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with President of Hungary Katalin Novak at the Sandor Palace in Budapest. This is reported by the press service of the President of Uzbekistan.
The heads of state exchanged views on the further development of the Uzbek-Hungarian multifaceted strategic partnership relations.
The Presidents noted the dynamic development of bilateral cooperation, the deepening of a broad political dialogue, the continuation of mutual support, the promotion of inter-parliamentary and public relations.
Building up trade, economic and investment cooperation was denoted as an important priority. It was stated that in recent years the volume of trade turnover has almost tripled.
The Uzbek-Hungarian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation and the Uzbek-Hungarian Business Council, whose second meeting was held on October 3 this year in Budapest, play a special role in activating this direction.
The parties noted that the inclusion of Uzbekistan in the GSP+ system of preferences of the European Union opens up new opportunities for a significant increase and diversification of mutual trade.
An important place in the development of Uzbek-Hungarian cooperation is occupied by the cultural and humanitarian sphere. It was noted that the Hungarian Government decided to increase the quotas allocated annually for students and doctoral students of Uzbekistan through the Hungarikum program to 170 scholarships.
The expediency of holding the second Uzbek-Hungarian forum of rectors of higher educational institutions was noted.
The Heads of State also exchanged views on topical international and regional issues, discussed the continuation of intensive dialogue and mutual support within multilateral structures.
