Hannah Tetteh (right), Ghana’s Minister of foreign Affairs, and Mr Peter Szijjarto, the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Ghana has signed five agreements with Hungary towards the enhancement of economic, technical, educational and diplomatic relations between the two countries.
The government of Hungary has also announced its decision to reopen its embassy in Ghana as part of efforts to strengthen the relations.
The five agreements signed were economic and technical co-operation, diplomatic exchange programme and educational co-operation between the two countries.
The others were mutual visa exemption for holders of diplomatic and service passports and educational co-operation between the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Ghana and the Ministry of Human Capacities of Hungary.
Speaking prior to the signing, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Hannah Tetteh, said the agreements were significant in that they would form the fundamental building blocks of the relationship between the two countries.
She said with the signing of the agreements, the two countries should be able to see their impact in a short time.
Ms Tetteh, whose mother is a Hungarian, said a number of Ghanaians had lived and studied in Hungary, an indication of the existing relations between the two countries.
Ghana to become ICT hub in Africa
The Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Peter Szijjarto, said Ghana had indicated its vision of becoming the information and communications technology (ICT) hub of Africa and that Hungary was ready to assist Ghana with its expertise in ICT, especially cyber. He said the Hungarian Embassy would begin its operations from March 1, 2016 and also announced that from next year the first batch of 50 Ghanaians students would be granted scholarships to study in Hungary.
The occasion was used to administer an official oath to Mr Amen Divine Kpodo-Tay as Honorary Consul of Hungary to Ghana.
