Turkey’s deputy prime minister hold talks in Hungary

Budapest, September 6 (MTI) – The Turkish economy progressed significantly in recent years and it is therefore important for Hungary to maintain well-balanced economic ties with Turkey, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said after meeting Tukey’s Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak on Tuesday. Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén received Kaynak in Parliament to discuss bilateral ties, the prime minister’s press chief said.

Varga discusses Turkey-Hungary economic ties with Kaynak

Both countries’ governments support the development of economic ties and agreements to avoid dual taxation and to encourage and protect investment in each other’s countries also serve this aim, Varga said.

Turkey is one of Hungary’s most important trade partners in the Balkans, he added.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2013 set a medium-term target to have bilateral trade reach an annual 5 billion forints (EUR 16.1m), Varga said. Currently annual trade totals around 3 billion forints so there is room for improvement, he added.

Cooperation opportunities are not fully utilised in several areas, including agriculture, especially livestock transports, he said. Varga added that electricity projects, biomass production and the transfer of Hungarian know-how in nuclear energy are additional areas for cooperation, as well as water and sewage treatment and flood protection.