Kover holds talks on further developing cooperation with Laos

Vientiane, November 6 (MTI) – Relations between Hungary and Laos have a history of over 50 years which serves as a good basis for further developing cooperation, parliamentary speaker Laszlo Kover said at talks in Vientiane, the second stop on his tour of Southeast Asia.

Kover held talks with National Assembly Standing Committee chairman Pany Yathotu, President Choummaly Sayasone and Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, a statement sent to MTI on Friday shows.

Laos is Hungary’s traditional partner in the Southeast Asia region and it is important to maintain high-level meetings between the two countries, Kover said.

Laos is an obvious target country in Hungary’s opening to the east and south policy because it will play a special role in the cooperation of Mekong Basin countries within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community to be launched later this year, he added.