Hungary to offer more scholarships to Bangladeshi students

The Hungarian government has decided to increase the number of scholarships for Bangladeshi students to pursue their higher studies at different educational institutions of Hungary in the next academic year.

This was revealed while Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen held a bilateral meeting with Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto in Geneva on Wednesday, a Foreign Ministry press release said on Saturday. 

Both of them were in Geneva for participating in the Asia-Pacific Regional Review Meeting in preparation for the Fifth UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC5), which is to be held in Qatar in January 2022.

During the meeting, both the foreign ministers discussed issues of bilateral interest as well as multilateral issues.

The issue of operationalization of the Consulate of Hungary was also discussed in this regard.

The two foreign ministers agreed to explore cooperation in the health sector and also discussed about increasing trade between the two countries.