India and Hungary on Friday reviewed the entire spectrum of their bilateral ties and global affairs including Ukraine during the bilateral meeting here between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his counterpart Peter Szijjarto. The two sides also inked a pact on international solar alliance. Jaishankar thanked him for Hungarian support for Operation Ganga and its offer to admit evacuated Indian medical students in Hungarian universities.
Hungary facilitated airlift of Indian nationals including medical students from Ukraine soon after the Russian military action started in late February. Many Indians crossed over to Hungary from Ukraine when the offensive commenced. The evacuation was named Operation Ganga in which more than 20,000 Indian nationals were brought out from Ukraine including 6,000 from Hungary. Meanwhile, Jaishankar in a tweet message regarding his talks with Szijjar also “recalled Hungary’s early recognition of Covaxin and openness to travel arrangements.”
On his part, the visiting Foreign Minister said Hungary on Friday joined the international alliance of solar energy launched by India and France. “We hope that with your corporation we can further accelerate our investment in solar energy,” he said.
The two sides signed two contracts including development of trade and on attracting investment. Szijjar said there is going to be an energy supply crisis in Europe and globally may be as well. “And those countries will be safe who can produce the most of energy they consumed,” he said. The Hungarian minister noted that economic corporation between India and Hungary has been hitting records.