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Kovács: Hungary outperformed in EU presidency tasks

Zoltán Kovács said all those who contributed to the organization, implementation, logistics, security and communications did a "professional and world-class job".

State Secretary Zoltán Kovács told a press conference on Tuesday that Hungary outperformed when it came seeing to its EU presidency duties in the second half of last year.

Kovács said all those who contributed to the organization, implementation, logistics, security and communications did a "professional and world-class job", and "deserve praise for the political results and content", adding all tasks had been completed "without undue strain", even when the workload was heavy.

According to Kovács, 173 events were held as opposed to 177 planned, while 240, including fringe events, were held overall. Hungary's presidency has also hosted two major summits, he added.