Hungary to become fourth EU state to open embassy in Laos
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó on Friday opened a Hungarian embassy in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, making Hungary the fourth European Union member country operating an embassy in the country.
Hungarian Embassy in Laos
The ministry cited Szijjártó telling the opening event that Hungary and Laos had established diplomatic relations more than sixty years ago but they raised their cooperation to a level of strategic partnership only five years ago. Since then, Laos has had an embassy in Budapest and now Hungary also has one in Laos, he added.
Hungary is the fourth EU member state after Germany, France and Luxembourg to open an embassy in Vientiane, Szijjártó said.
He said that despite the tens of thousands of kilometres distance between the two countries, he and his Laotian counterpart could develop successful political and economic cooperation thanks to a common appreciation of the importance of mutual respect and dialogue. Building ties is also helped by the fact that both countries have fought much for their freedom, he added.
Hungarian companies have made investments worth some 200 million dollars in Laos in recent years, mainly in agriculture, water management and the development of public adminstration, he said.
The success of cooperation is also demonstrated by a fifty-fold increase in bilateral trade this year, he added.
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For a country the size of Hungary it makes no sense to spend the money on maintaining an embassy in a small country like Laos. Laos, however, is a corrupt communist dictatorship that Orban and the Fidesz bandits are just itching to make kickback deals with. Laos is run by the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party with a nine member Politburo. The more corrupt and dictatorial the country the more likely Fidesz will seek them out as “friends with benefits.”
What a lying scumbag Szijjarto with his statement saying “both countries fought much for their freedom.” Laos is NOT a free country. Here is the assessment from the US State Dept.: Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: arbitrary detention; political prisoners; serious problems with the independence of the judiciary; serious restrictions on free expression and media, including censorship and the use of criminal defamation laws; serious restrictions on internet freedom; substantial interference with the freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association; inability of citizens to change their government peacefully through free and fair elections; serious restrictions on political participation; serious government corruption; lack of investigation of and accountability for gender-based violence including but not limited to domestic or intimate partner violence; and outlawing of independent trade unions