Hungary seeks closer ties with Mordvinia, says foreign minister
Budapest, May 30 (MTI) – Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said that Hungary will develop closer ties with the Republic of Mordovia, a federal constituent of Russia.
More intensive cooperation with Mordvinia may help counterbalance the decline in Hungarian-Russian trade, the minister said on Monday after talks with Vladimir Volkov, head of the republic.
The two sides signed an economic cooperation agreement.
Addressing a subsequent press conference, Szijjártó noted that the trade turnover between Hungary and Russia fell by 47 percent last year, and by another 25 percent in January-February this year.
He said that agriculture, the biggest loser in the decline, may play a key role in cooperation with Mordvinia, for instance in the fields of cattle breeding, goose feather processing and seed-corn production.
Volkov said that Hungary and the Republic of Mordovia were cooperating in preserving the cultural roots of Finno-Ugric peoples.
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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters
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