Hungarian President meets Kenyan counterpart in Nairobi

Kenya wants to strengthen its presence in central Europe and is ready to open a diplomatic representation in Budapest as soon as possible, Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta told Hungarian counterpart János Áder in Nairobi on Monday.

Áder is the first Hungarian president to visit Kenya since it gained independence.

At a joint press conference following a closed-door meeting, the two presidents said that Áder’s visit served to intensify bilateral cooperation.

Áder said Kenya had recently become a tourism, financial, trade, and diplomatic centre of the region, with a population increase and an massive rise in living standards. Ensuring high quality food supplies is high among the country’s priorities, he added.

Some 40 percent of the total population and over 70 percent of people living in rural areas make a living from farming, he noted.

“So it is in their fundamental interest to obtain modern skills and technologies, which Hungarian companies can supply,” Áder said.