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Ambassador’s discussion with Ms Theodora Gentzis Director General of Coordination and European Affairs of the Foreign Ministry of Belgium. Topics on the agenda: preparation for the approaching Spanish-Belgian-Hungarian trio Presidency of the EU; Belgium’s position in certain European dossiers, possibility of cooperation between V4 Group and the Benelux with regard to the Hungarian Presidency of the V4 starting in July.

Consultation between Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács and the Director General for Multilateral and Global Affairs of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Axel Kenes on the upcoming NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting, the Hungarian chairmanship of the Ministerial Committee of the Council of Europe starting in May, the Hungarian V4 and the Belgian Presidency of the Benelux Union and the candidatures in multilateral organisations.

On the occasion of the anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848-49, this year we also paid tribute to the heroes of that era. Following previous traditions and respecting the epidemiological measures, Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács with PSC Ambassador Bálint Ódor laid a wreath of remembrance at the monument of the mother of Lajos Kossuth in Brussels.

Constructive discussion between Deputy State Secretary for the Development of European Relations, József Magyar and Director General for Bilateral Affairs, Anick Van Calster. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács and the Ambassador of Belgium to Hungary, Siegfried Peinen also joined the virtual event. The topics reviewed: state of play of bilateral relations, Hungarian V4 Presidency, Belgian Presidency of the Benelux Union and matters of common interest, e.g. Western Balkans and migration.