At the Hungarian-Kazakh Business Forum in Astana on Wednesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Hungary and Kazakhstan aim to relax visa regulations between the two countries.
The Prime Minister said that at their meeting that morning, he and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev had agreed on this aim.
Mr. Orbán pointed out that Hungarian-Kazakh political relations are currently much stronger than their economic relations; this is a major problem, since everyone believes that there is a bright future ahead of Kazakhstan, and that Central Europe will be the engine of European growth in the coming years. Consequently, close economic cooperation is needed between the two countries, he said.
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov believes that his country has much to offer Hungarian businesses, and there are already a number of fields in which Hungary and Kazakhstan are cooperating. He underlined that Hungarian companies are most welcome in every industry, adding that Kazakhstan is very well located in the region, and that the country has friendly and constructive relations with its two large neighbours: China and Russia.
This is why Kazakhstan could be an ideal starting point for the establishment of further links in the region, the Kazakh prime minister pointed out.
The Hungarian-Kazakh Business Forum was attended by Hungarian businesspeople accompanying Mr. Orbán to Astana, as well as key participants in Kazakh business life.
(Prime Minister's Office/MTI)
