Hungarian Minister of State for European Union Affairs, Enikő Győri held talks on Wednesday, Feb 13 with Peru's Deputy Foreign Minister, Jose Beraun a on a official visit to Peru.
Gyori discussed the issue of a sustainable social system and Hungarian experiences with relation to economic crisis management during her talks in Peru, and was informed by her partners that the government in Lima would be ready to fund scholarships for the study of Peruvian students in Hungary.
During her visit, which was aimed at improving bilateral relationship between the two countries, Gyori also met with Peruvian Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade Carlos Posada Ugaz.
It was mentioned that there is no economic crisis in Peru, “together with other countries of Latin America, the country has recovered, its macro-economic indicators are good, they do not reflect the problems in Europe”, because state debt is low, budget deficit is not rampant and unemployment is also being kept at bay.
The experiences of social policy are interesting for Peru because the Government in Budapest is not implementing the change model of affluent, Western-European countries, but is instead endeavoring to operate a modest, tailor-made, sustainable social system, she said.
Gyori added that a few years ago, Hungary was forced to close its diplomatic missions in Latin America; this decision is being reviewed now and “we are considering where to reopen missions in relation to available resources”.
The Hungarian politician was invited by the Spanish group of the European People’s Party to speak at the conference organized by the Robert Schuman Foundation and the St. Ignatius of Loyola University of Lima, kormany.hu reported.
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