TNAG-2021-FCO40-2883-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Hungary-1990 — Page 59

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HUNGARY: RELATION WITH HONG KONG

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1. HUNGARIANS EXPLAIN LATEST MOVES IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO DEVELOP COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH HONG KONG. SEEK OUR SUPPORT IN ENCOURAGING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO GRANT VISAS AND TO ARRANGE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES. I RECOMMEND THAT WE DO SO.

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2. UJLAKI CHEAD OF THE RELEVANT MFA GEOGRAPHICAL DEPARTMENT) ASKED THE DHM TO CALL ON 4 APRIL. HE EXPLAINED THAT MFA STATE SECRETARY KOVACS HAD VISITED THE FCO LAST WEEK FOR DESCUSSIONS WITH MR TAIT (OF WHICH WE WERE UNAWARE). RECALLING EARLIER DISCUSS- IONS (INCLUDING BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, DR HORN, IN BUDAPEST IN FEBRUARY), UJLAKI SAID THAT KOVACS HAD VISITED THE FCO TO EXPLAIN HUNGARY'S CURRENT THINKING AND SEEK HMG'S SUPPORT AND GOOD OFFICES.

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3. SPECIFICALLY, HUNGARY WANTED TO SEND A LARGE TOP-LEVEL TEAM OF BUSINESSMEN AND ECONOMIC POLICY MAKERS TO ''TRADE AND INVESTMENT 90'' (17-20 MAY), TO INTRODUCE'' HUNGARY TO HONG KONG, AS PART OF THEIR DRIVE TO GAIN GREATER ACCESS TO THE MARKETS, TECHN- OLOGY AND INVESTMENT CAPITAL OF THE FAR EASTERN DRAGONS''. SECONDLY, THE FOREIGN MINISTER WANTED UJLAKI TO ACCOMPANY MISSION, IN ORDER TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPRIOPRIATE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES ON WAYS IN WHICH RELATIONS COULD BE DEVELOPED, PARTICULARLY REGARDING VISA POLICY AND THE TIMING, NATURE AND MODALITIES OF OPENING A PERMANENT OFFICE IN HONG KONG. UJLAKI ASKED FOR OUR SUPPORT, IN ASKING THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES:

(A) TO GRANT VISAS TO THE BUSINESS DELEGATION IN GOOD TIME:

(B) TO FIX AN APPOINTMENT FOR UJLAKI WITH THE APPROPRIATE PERSON(S). IN THIS CONTEXT, HE REFERRED TO A VISIT LAST

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