The Council hosted on March 11, 2020, Mr.  Peter Kveck, Hungary’s Ambassador to Cairo, on a friendly visit to the Council within the framework of the end of his tenure, during which the developments of the bilateral relations between the two countries were reviewed, as well as the mutual meetings between members of the Council and Hungarian officials throughout his tenure in Cairo. The meeting was attended by: Ambassador Dr. Mounir Zahran, Chairman of the Council; Ambassador Hisham Al-Zimaiti, Secretary General of the Council; Ambassador Ahmed Hajjaj, member of the council and President of Egyptian Pugwash Society for Science & International Affairs; Ambassador Mohamed Al-Ashmawy; Dr. Yousry Abu Shady and Dr. Ola Ragab, members of the Council.

Addressing developments in the Egyptian-Hungarian bilateral relations, he stressed that Hungary was one of the first Western states to support the Egyptian regime after the June 2013 revolution, and which has proceeded to correct the Western viewpoint and the confused policies that some European states have followed after the fall of the Brotherhood regime; emphasizing the importance of working towards supporting the Egyptian state in its war against terrorism, as well as looking differently at events in the region and to learn from the Syrian crisis.

He also highlighted the trade and economic relations as well as the cooperation agreements that bring the two countries together, calling for the importance of supporting the bilateral joint committee to ensure the continued implementation of joint projects and agreements signed before 2010, as well as those signed during the past two years in the field of technology and energy cooperation.