Áder and Foreign Minister/interim Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah signed an agreement on visa exemptions and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs and the Kuwaiti Diplomatic Institute.
Áder later met with Higher Education Ministry Undersecretary Rashid Al-Niwaihidh and Public Works Ministry Undersecretary Abdualaziz Al-Kelaib to sign agreements on education, scientific research and public works. Tourism and health industry opportunities were also touched upon in the talks.
The president further revealed to media that a credit line for SMEs between Hungary’s Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) and the Kuwaiti Gulf Bank is in the discussion phase.
The Kuwaiti government has some $125 billion budgeted for national development programs and has launched a program to build some 100,000 homes in the country. Varga, speaking to media after the meeting, stated that Hungary-based companies “have excellent business opportunities in Kuwait.”



