Peter Szijjarto to head eight mixed economic committees in Hungary

Hungarian PM named Peter Szijjarto as the chairman of eight bilateral economic committees with a view to boosting the government's policy of opening up trade to the east as well as solidifying the country's leading role in supporting the EU integration of the western Balkans, the prime minister's office said in a statement on Wednesday. State Secretary Szijjarto will also strengthen cooperation with neighbouring countries in his new post, which came into effect on July 2.