Hungary can provide concessional loans to Kyrgyzstan for supporting business

Cholpon-Ata, Sept. 04, 2018. /Kabar/. Hungary will consider the issue of providing concessional loans to Kyrgyzstan for the purposes of supporting the country’s economy. This issue was discussed today at the meeting of President Sooronbay Jeenbekov and Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban, which was held in Cholpon-Ata. During the bilateral dialogue the sides agreed on expanding the trade-economic relations and supporting entrepreneurs for realizing joint business-projects. Moreover, the Kyrgyz President and Hungarian Prime Minister discussed a number of issues concerning development of cooperation in culture-humanitarian and education sectors. “We express our appreciation to the government of Hungary for planning on increasing the number of scholarships for students from Kyrgyzstan in higher education institutions of Hungary from 25 to 75 places. We welcome joint cultural events and Days of Culture”, Jeenbekov said, during a joint press conference on the outcomes of the negotiations. In March of this year the government of Hungary made a decision to increase scholarship quota for Kyrgyzstan from 25 to 75 places, starting from September 1, 2018. Then the sides expressed their readiness to further strengthen the bilateral relations, discussing a wide spectrum of issues on the international agenda and expressing the similarity of views on main global problems. Furthermore, the heads of foreign ministries of the two countries informed on their aspiration to develop the cooperation within international organizations and fora. This has been the first visit of the Hungarian Prime Minister to Kyrgyzstan. Within three days in Issyk-Kul he took part in the Sixth Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States, where here expressed his country’s readiness to raise the bilateral relations with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to a strategic level. In addition, the Hungarian Prime Minister attended the official opening of the Third World Nomad Games as an honored guest, supporting the sportsmen from his country during the march of the participants. http://kabar.kg/eng/news/hungary-can-provide-concessional-loans-to-kyrgyzstan-for-supporting-business/