Uzbekistan and Hungary have agreed to form an enhanced strategic partnership. The treaty was signed by Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Tuesday afternoon in Budapest.
The two countries have also concluded agreements at ministerial level: an extradition treaty, a treaty on cooperation in disaster management and one on climate protection, and an agreement on Hungary's participation in the construction of nuclear power plants in Uzbekistan.
The Central Asian country has sent a large delegation to Budapest, with the President, four ministers and several businessmen visiting the Hungarian capital. On Tuesday morning, members of the delegation held talks with Minister of National Economy Márton Nagy and Hungarian businessmen on cooperation opportunities.
„One of the very developed areas in Hungary is fishery, and we have a huge opportunity in Uzbekistan. In the past few years, we brought Hungarian companies and Hungarian genotypes of fish, but in this visit, we are developing with Hungarian companies a new program to establish more extensive and intensive projects" - the minister of agriculture of Uzbekistan, Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov told Euronews.
The Uzbek head of state, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev also held talks with the Hungarian speaker of the Parliament. At the meeting, László Kövér said that they would like to extend the strategic partnership to closer cooperation between the two parliaments.
