Hungary and Pakistan agreed on Thursday to mutually lift the visa requirement for diplomatic passport-holders in each other’s countries as its foreign minister visited Islamabad.

According to the Foreign Office (FO), Hungary’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó was on a one-day visit to Pakistan on the invitation of his counterpart Ishaq Dar. He is accompanied by a high-level business delegation to explore business opportunities in Pakistan.

Addressing a joint press conference in Islamabad with Dar, Szijjártó said: “We are happy that we were able to sign the agreement to the visa requirement for diplomatic passport-holders. We have done it because we want our relation to be even more intensified.”

According to state-run Radio Pakistan, the countries agreed on mutual visa exemption for holders of diplomatic passports. Two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were also signed for cooperation in the culture and archaeology sectors.

Pakistan and Hungary agreed to enhance their cooperation across various fields and strengthen collaboration at multilateral forums, including the United Nations, the report added.

It stated that Szijjártó expressed satisfaction over the doubling of trade between the two countries, and noted the completion of food security and water management projects in Pakistan by Hungarian companies.

“We are also offering four hundred scholarships to Pakistani students every year,” the minister was quoted as........

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