Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács visits New York

Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács held talks on Hungarian economic and social issues during the course of his two-day visit to New York, which ended on Friday.

In a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI, the Government Spokesperson said he had held talks with business consulting company KPMG, met with leading journalists from the influential The Wall Street Journal, and met with members of the local Hungarian community and with representatives of two American Jewish organisations.

At KPMG, Mr. Kovács explained the Hungarian economy’s economic priorities, and at The Wall Street Journal, which is an important business and political paper among decision-makers, interest was also primarily shown with relation to the Hungarian economy. In reply to a question from MTI, the Government Spokesperson said that

all of his negotiating partners were primarily interested in how the Hungarian state budget was being put in order and in the country’s tax reforms, which are regarded as successful.

Mr. Kovács also expressed satisfaction with relation to his meeting with members of the Hungarian community, which was held in New York’s Hungarian House. The Government Spokesperson said that in his opinion if the number of students attending Hungarian schools increases and Hungarian cultural programmes are held often and with quality content, it is thanks to the Hungarian Government’s policy of supporting cross-border Hungarian communities and Hungarians living in the diaspora.