Visit of the Lao Minister of Agriculture and Forestry to Hungary
H.E. Mr. Liane Thikeo minister was invited to Hungary by H.E. Mr. Péter Szijjártó Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade during his visit to Laos on the 7th of June this year. The two ministers had a meeting on the 27th of October 2016 in Budapest in the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, when the Hungarian minister offered a new tied aid loan program for Laos.
The new tied aid loan can be used for further agriculture development and it can also be water management and IT components. H.E. Liane Thikeo minister during his visit to Hungary visited agriculture companies that has already Lao partners or plan to establish partnership with Lao companies. The Lao minister and his delegation also met the Vice President of Hungarian National Agriculture Chamber and visited the Consulate of the Lao PDR in Hungary, where the minister met the leadership of the Hungarian-Lao Friendship Association and Lao students who are studying in Hungary.
Visit to the cattle farm of the Mezőfalva Agricultural Company
Leading experts of the Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, representative of the Lao Ministry of Finance and also that of the private sector were also members of the delegation, who had meetings in the Ministry of Agriculture, Eximbank and Hungarian National Trading House.
The delegation in the Ministry of Agriculture with Mr. György Czervan Minister of State
Meeting in the Hungarian National Trading House with Mr. Omari Vanidze Director of Export Development