Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó concluded several international agreements in New York on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Sunday.

Education, science, diplomacy and economic agreements were concluded between Hungary and Indonesia, Bulgaria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Kenya, Mozambique and Bahrein. The agreements include the fact that Hungary will be providing one hundred scholarship places-a-year to students from Indonesia until 2023, and twenty to students from Tajikistan, in addition to which guest lecturer programmes will be launched with Bulgarian higher education institutions, the Ministry said.

According to the agreement concluded with Kenyan Foreign Minister Monica Juma, Kenya’s Foreign Service Academy and Hungary’s Foreign Affairs and Trade Institute will be coordinating their foreign affairs and diplomacy training programmes. In future, the two institutions will be sharing information on their scientific activities, and joint training programmes will also be launched.

The agreement signed with Mozambique’s Foreign Minister, José Condugua António Pacheco, also concerns the fact that regular expert consultations will be beginning between the two countries.

Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui and Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó signed a cooperation agreement concerning water management, according to which Hungary and Tunisia have reinforced the harmonisation of their water strategies, within which they are treating the protection of water sources and water management procedures relating to sustainable development as a priority, the Ministry stated.

On the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Szijjártó also signed an agreement on visa-free travel with Bahrain, and a state mutation agreement with Montenegro, according to which both parties will acknowledge all international agreements and treaties previously signed between the two countries and their legal predecessors, the Ministry wrote.

(MTI)