Saudi Arabia holds great export potential for Hungary

Szabó and his delegation arrived for a two-day official visit to Riyadh, where he conducted talks with Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Soliman al-Meshal, head of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority on future exports of Hungarian beef. 

Szabó noted that Hungarian dairy company Kőröstej controls one-third of the market for cheese in Saudi Arabia.

The Hungarian delegation also held talks with Turki bin Saud bin Mohammad Al Saud, chairman of the King Abdulaziz Science and Technology Center on possible cooperation with Hungarian scientists in the areas of nanotechnology, neuroscience as well as research related to the oil industry.

Szabó attended the second meeting of the Hungarian-Saudi Joint Economic Committee to discuss the possibility of cooperation in farming, R&D, education, sports and renewable energy. The two governments signed an agreement in infocommunication, he added.

Source: Budapest Business Journal, 25 February 2016