Finance Minister: Strong Hungary-Kazakhstan ties benefit both countries
Minister Varga said Kazakhstan “is an important strategic partner” in Central Asia and a key player in the development of Hungary’s eastern relations.
Minister Varga said Kazakhstan “is an important strategic partner” in Central Asia and a key player in the development of Hungary’s eastern relations.
Hungary supports the diversification of European energy supply and has made headway in this direction by increasing oil imports from Kazakhstan, which now cover 16% of its total consumption.
The agreements were signed within the framework of a business forum in Nur-Sultan organized by the Kazakh Chamber of Foreign Trade and the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The foreign minister said cooperation between Hungary and Kazakhstan is a good example of the success of Hungary’s eastern opening policy.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made a stopover in Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan on his way to the second Belt and Road Forum in China
Expo 2017 Astana - Future Energy in Kazakhstan will run until September 10 and is expected to draw more than 5 million visitors in total