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On Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó received Microsoft executives, including several members of their global management team, writes Index. After the meeting, the Minister wrote on his social media page that the time has come for a new dimension change in the Hungarian economy, in which he counts on the software company as a strategic partner.
Péter Szijjártó shared his post after hosting Microsoft executives, including several members of its global management team. According to the Minister,
he expressed his thanks to them for Microsoft’s activities in Hungary and for providing high-level job opportunities for more than 100 people.
The Hungarian economy has experienced tremendous growth in the past 14 years, with investment, exports, and employment records continuously being broken, he noted.
Now the time has come for the Hungarian economy to undergo a new dimension change, to raise technological standards and expand research and development (R&D) capacities.
We need to accelerate digitization, increase the workforce, and improve the level of training,” the Minister emphasized in his post, adding that “we count on Microsoft as a strategic partner in this process.”
Szijjártó also noted that at the meeting they reviewed the challenges facing the competitiveness of the European Union and agreed that a number of regulatory changes are needed in Brussels to ensure the EU’s competitiveness.
Via Index; Featured image via Wikipedia