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On 10 May, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács received Mr. Balázs Molnár, Deputy State Secretary for Operational Tasks Related to the EU Presidency at the Ministry of Justice, in Brussels. Among other places, they visited BOZAR to explore cooperation opportunities during the upcoming Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, due in the second half of 2024. Our Embassy is looking forward to working together with our Hungarian colleagues and Belgian counterparts to make the crucial Belgian-Hungarian EU Presidency year of 2024 a success.

On 9 May, our Embassy’s Luxembourg Office together with our Cultural Service, Liszt Institute Brussels represented Hungary at the Europe Day event organised by the Representation of the European Commission in Luxembourg. We were pleased to welcome all the interested public at our tent, including Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg.

On 3 May, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács had a meeting with Mr. Jean-Louis Thill, Director for European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg. After exchanging views on current EU and bilateral dossiers, they discussed the preparations for the upcoming Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU and the diplomatic centennial between Hungary and Luxembourg, both due in 2024.

On 25 April, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács held talks with Mr. Ghislain D’hoop, Deputy Head of Directorate General for Multilateral Affairs and Globalisation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium. They discussed the upcoming crucial Belgian-Hungarian EU Presidency year of 2024 and our recently completed diplomatic centennial.

H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács received students of the Faculty of Architecture of the Catholic University of Leuven at his residence. He provided detailed information about the history of the residence building.