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Hungarian FM to discuss EU trade in New Zealand visit

Xinhua, February 16, 2017 Adjust font size:

A free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and New Zealand will be on the agenda when Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Szijjarto visits New Zealand this week

Foreign Minister Murray McCully said Thursday he would meet with Szijjarto in Auckland on Friday.

"This visit presents an opportunity to deepen this relationship, including through discussing trade opportunities and New Zealand's ambitions for a free trade agreement with the EU," McCully said in a statement.

"Foreign Minister Szijjarto's visit marks the growing links between our two countries," he said.

"In recent years, New Zealand's relationship with Hungary has benefited from the annual Working Holiday Scheme, where up to 100 young New Zealanders and Hungarians can live and work in the other's country each year."

While in New Zealand, Szijjarto will officially open the Hungarian Embassy in Wellington, deliver a public speech at Parliament on the future of the EU post-Brexit, and speak at a trade forum.

New Zealand and the EU are due to start negotiations on a trade agreement this year. Endit