Businessmen, MKIK set up Carpathian Basin Business Promotion Chamber

Fourteen private individuals and the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce (MKIK) have set up a new organisation to build economic cooperation between countries of the Carpathian Basin, MKIK chief Laszlo Parragh announced on Wednesday. Deputy PM Zsolt Semjen and chief patron of the new Carpathian Basin Business Promotion Chamber told a press conference after the founding ceremony that the government "seeks to act as a catalyst" and provide infrastructure for Hungarian businesses both in Hungary and in other countries.