20 March 2017- H.E. Peter Szijjarto, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, will visit the Philippines from March 27 to 28 to formally re-open the Hungarian Embassy in Manila. He will call on President Rodrigo R. Duterte, and meet with Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo and Secretary of Trade and Industry Ramon M. Lopez.

During Minister Szijjarto's visit to Manila, a number of agreements will be signed including an Agreement on Economic Cooperation, a Memorandum of Understanding between the Foreign Service Institute of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, and a Cultural Cooperation Programme between the National Commission on Culture and Arts and the Ministry of Human Capacities of Hungary.

In addition to his official delegation, Minister Szijjarto will be accompanied by a trade delegation composed of representatives from the National Trading House of Hungary and 13 Hungarian companies, representing the construction, engineering, health, biotechnology, food, agriculture, machinery, automotive, environmental technology, and renewable energy sectors.

The Philippines and Hungary officially established diplomatic relations on September 28, 1973. END