“Hungary is realising the largest, 5.1-billion-forint foreign (EUR 16.1 million) development programme in its history in Uganda, jointly with the East African country’s leadership, in the interests of enabling the people who live here and who have sought refuge here to find a living locally and not have to migrate to Europe”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday from Kampala.
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“Uganda is a Christian country and has done a lot for the Christian communities of neighbouring countries, admitting its persecuted members. Hungary highly appreciates this, and it was an important criterion in deciding where Budapest should launch such a major development programme”, the Minister explained.
Hungary has established a consular office in the capital, Kampala, thus creating a personal presence for the coordination of major development programmes. An agreement has been concluded on the fact that Hungary will be providing 20 scholarship places-a-year for Ugandan students to attend Hungarian higher education institutions, and accordingly once in possession of their diplomas they will be able to operate and maintain the agricultural, water management and security infrastructure being established in their home country. In addition, cooperation between universities is continuing within the food industry, in which the Saint Stephen University will be taking part from the Hungarian side.
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