Hungary plans to open embassy in Baghdad, consulate in Arbil

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: Hungary is planning to open an embassy in Baghdad and a consulate in Arbil, Hungarian Foreign Ministry’s Undersecretary, now on a visit to northern Iraq’s Kurdistan Region said in a meeting in Arbil on Sunday with the Region’s President, Massoud Barzani.   “Barzani has met on Sunday at his Salahaddin Resort north of Arbil the Hungarian Foreign Ministry’s Undersecretary, Jafor Hovary and his accompanying delegation,” a Kurdistan Presidency statement reported, adding that both sides have discussed the joint bilateral relations and means for their development.   The statement quoted the Hungarian official as “having expressed his government’s willingness to open an embassy in Baghdad and a general consulate in Arbil, as part of its wish to develop and boost bilateral relations in all fields, especially the electricity and energy fields.”   Barzani, the statement, added had expressed the Kurdistan Region’s wish to develop joint relations with Hungary, expressing the Region’s readiness to support and facilitate the activity of the Hungarian companies to contribute in the development process in the Region.   SKH (IT)/SR 429