<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is likely to visit Bangladesh soon and the two countries are expecting to sign a number of cooperation agreements to strengthen the bilateral relations</b>.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen had a meeting with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto in New York on the sidelines of the 77th UNGA and discussed the areas of cooperation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Hungarian Prime Minister will visit Bangladesh. During the visit, all pending agreements will be signed," a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told UNB without elaborating further.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The date of the visit will be finalised through mutual discussion.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hungry has increased the number of scholarships for Bangladeshi students from 140 to 240, said the official.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hungry will support Bangladesh to get a solution to the Rohingya issue.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In June this year, Dr Momen handed over a special message to his Hungarian counterpart from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed to the newly re-elected Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The foreign ministers are working on a visit of Prime Minister Orban to Bangladesh this year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>