Negotiations on setting up a large Korean university campus in Budapest have begun, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Wednesday.
Addressing the opening of a V4-Korea Business Forum in Budapest, Orbán said that the existing good and friendly relations between Hungary and the Republic of South Korea would be raised to a strategic level and economic relations would be expanded to include science, research and education. The wider and deeper cooperation South Korea develops with the European Union, the Visegrád Group and Hungary, the sooner Europe can regain its competitiveness in the global economy, he said.
Bilateral trade between South Korea and Hungary has grown tenfold over the past twenty years, showing the success of economic relations, Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said on Wednesday, after talks with a delegation of South Korean business leaders in Budapest. Noting South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s visit to Hungary, Szijjártó said economic relations had gained momentum since the last visit by a South Korean president to Hungary in 2001.
Trade volume reached 4.5 billion dollars last year and is expected to achieve new records in 2021,
he said.
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“But it is even more important that Hungary is high up on the list of European investment destinations of South Korean companies,” he said, noting that the country gave the fourth largest group of investors in Hungary. South Korean companies are leading the world’s electric car market and the manufacturing of batteries for those cars. Their investments are turning Hungary into
“a flagship of the electric car industry,”
he said.
Bilateral ties between South Korea and Hungary offer ample opportunities, President János Áder told a press conference after talks with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in on Wednesday. The volume of South Korean investments in Hungary has exceeded 5 billion US dollars, making the country one of the most important investors in Hungary, Ader said, noting that South Korea replaced Germany as the top investor in Hungary in 2019.
At the United Nations COP26 climate summit held earlier this week in Glasgow, it became clear that the two countries have similar climate goals too, Ader said. They aim to become carbon neutral by 2050, and agree that that goal is impossible to fulfil without nuclear energy, he said. Áder pointed out, at the same time, that achieving climate neutrality required further efforts and developments which gave the two countries more opportunities for scientific, technological and economic cooperation.
Moon, who is the first Korean head of state to visit Hungary in the last 20 years,
said the two countries worked to elevate their bilateral ties to a strategic partnership.
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He noted that bilateral trade turnover reached a record high last year in spite of the pandemic. Moon said that because South Korea was investing in innovative areas in Hungary like the electric vehicle and battery sectors, there was more room for them to expand their ties. He thanked Hungary for the help it provided after a deadly boat collision on the River Danube which took the lives of many South Korean tourists in 2019 and for erecting a memorial to the victims. Moon spoke highly of Hungary’s history of having been
the first country in the region to establish diplomatic relations with South Korea
and noted that Korea will also be present at a meeting of the Visegrad Group countries on Thursday. He also touched on the importance of the dialogue between the two Koreas and thanked Hungary for its support in this area.
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6 Comments
I like Koreans. They are stand-p guys. They say what they like and what hey don’t like. They are nothing like your typical Chinese. Much prefer a Korean university in Hungary than a Chinese.
I agree with István that a South Korean university in Hungary is better than a Chinese state-run university, which Mario would also agree with
Mario does not count, He is a paid Soros troll.
Of course I agree.
Hungary’s gift to democracy ( Soros ) has just given another 18 billion dollars with other set up organizations to cripple the western world. This after another 18 billion a few years ago. Makes Zuckerberg election fraud of a half billion look like pennies. Even Fox News dare not mention his name in vane. The money he has poured into the justice system in left wing causes has destabilized many. If he can do this in the US-
Imajine what he could do with Hungary .
South Koreans – “mix” with Hungarians – much less complicated and not near as “Shrouded in Secrecy/Mystery” or “veiled” and hidden agendas – that are the history pattern and trends of the Chinese.
South Koreans – strong U.S.A. relationship.
South Korea relationship with China – next question please.
Chinas relationship with North Korea – built muchly on weaponry – and nucular capabilities – having little or no impact to the life styles – quality of life of the people of North Korea, a living standard that is third world.
Chinas relationship with America – vulnerable testing, which globally, it could be said – is the position China has placed it-self in.