PM Orbán travels to East urgently

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is attending the summit of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) in Shusha, Azerbaijan on July 5-6, the PM’s press chief said on Thursday.

The summit will focus on building a sustainable future in transport through connectivity and climate policy, Bertalan Havasi told MTI. The talks are aimed at advancing cooperation in this field among the organisation’s members. The summit will also cover the OTS’s relations with the European Union and other international organisations.

Orbán is also scheduled to hold bilateral talks with the leaders of Hungary’s Turkic partner countries on the sidelines of the summit.

Government official briefs Shanghai conference on Hungary policy aims

Gergely Fábián, the state secretary for industry policy and technology, on Thursday presented the Hungarian government’s policy aims regarding artificial intelligence at the 2024 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai, the ministry said in a statement.

At the conference organised between July 4 and 6 by the Chinese science and technology ministry, Fábián said Hungary and China were both committed to maintaining dialogue and cooperation in technology, especially in telecommunications and electromobility.

He presented Hungarian policy aims concerning AI and attended the AI global governance cooperation panel discussion where he talked about Hungary’s stance on an international cooperation agreement in the works on the harmonised coordination of human-centered AI, the statement said.

Fábián highlighted the importance of international responsibility and cooperation in facilitating the sector’s development and elaborating the general principles and methods of regulation, the ministry statement said.

The conference is focused on innovation, science, technology and industry development, the statement said.

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