New UK ambassador to Hungary aims to strengthen bilateral cooperation – VIDEO
The United Kingdom’s new ambassador to Hungary, Paul Fox, on Tuesday said his aim during his tenure in his post would be to “maintain and further strengthen the friendship and collaboration” between the two countries.
In an introductory video on Facebook, Fox named climate change, environment protection, trade, investment, academic and scientific cooperation, strengthening shared democratic values, foreign policy and cultural relations as some of the areas in which he was counting on the continued close cooperation with the Hungarian government, business sector, civil society and people.
The ambassador said he was looking forward to the two countries’ shared achievements and working with Hungarians.
He said
the UK Embassy would continue to work with the Hungarian authorities to make sure that the rights of all UK nationals in Hungary are observed.
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The UK ambassadorship to Hungary is a popular diplomatic post to apply for among UK diplomats, although the requirement to learn Hungarian does put a few would be applicants off. The reasons it is popular are because a) the job comes with a very nice house (better than many UK ambassadorial residences elsewhere), b) there is virtually no work to do here so it’s a cushy pre-retirement number, just lots of socialising and c) it’s a short flight home to see friends and family.