Hungary, Cambodia to open embassies in each other’s capital cities in 2021
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Hungary will open an embassy in Phnom Penh and Cambodia will open an embassy in Budapest in 2021, President János Áder said in Phnom Penh on Monday after arriving for a three-day visit.
Áder held talks with his host the King of Cambodia Norodom Sihamoni and with Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Áder invited the king for a visit to Hungary who said he would travel to Budapest in 2021 the latest.
After the talks Áder told the press that Hungary and Cambodia would open embassies in each other’s capital cities in 2021, marking the 65th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations.
This was first agreed at talks Prime Minister Hun Sen held with Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban during his visit to Budapest in the summer.
As we wrote on June, 2019, PM of Cambodia Hun Sen arrived in Hungary for an official visit and held talks with Hungarian PM Orbán. The rapid development of economic, trade and investment ties to South-East Asia is in Hungary’s interest, FM Szijjártó said after talks with Cambodian counterpart Prak Sokhonn. Read more HERE.