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PM Orbán receives high state honour in Kazakhstan
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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán paid a friendly visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan. On this occasion, he received the first degree of the Kazakh State Order of Friendship from the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Speaking at a press conference, Orbán thanked Tokayev for the state award bestowed on him in the spirit of Kazakh-Hungarian friendship, adding that he considered it an honour and that “we will continue to work to promote stable cooperation between the two countries”. Tokayev presented the Hungarian prime minister with the first degree of the Kazakh State Order of Friendship.
Orbán expressed his condolences over the Karaganda mine disaster. “Our thoughts and prayers have been and are with you,” the prime minister said.
Orbán noted that a decision was taken nine years ago to elevate Hungarian-Kazakh relations to a high strategic level and the results were already visible this year and economic cooperation may expand further in the future.
He expressed his gratitude to Tokayev for not only discussing economic issues at the talks, but also global security issues, and noted that the topic would come up again at the 10th summit of the Organization of Turkic States on Friday.
Orbán pointed out that the Hungarians arrived in Europe from the East, and Hungarians believe that life is an alliance between the ancestors, the living and the descendants.
This year Orban received the Russian Order Of Glory and Honour. Orban might also try Iran and North Korea to add to his rogue’s gallery of high state honours.