UK ambassador says main goal to intensify business ties

Budapest, May 11 (MTI) – Iain Lindsay, Britain’s ambassador to Hungary, told public television late on Tuesday that bilateral business relations should be boosted.

Ties are strong, reflected by the fact that David Cameron, the prime minister, paid a visit in January, he said. But the task ahead is to make relations even stronger in the areas of cooperation within the European Union as well as in defence and security, he added.

British companies employ around 50,000 people in Hungary and there is room for this figure to grow, just as more Hungarian firms could operate in the UK, the ambassador said.

Hungary is a good destination for companies that want to make the country their regional headquarters, and the embassy is ready to help them, he said.

He noted that Hungary’s defence minister, István Simicskó, during a recent visit to Britain, spoke about the need for tighter defence cooperation between the two countries.