Minister Saito Holds Meeting with H.E. Mr. Péter SZIJJÁRTÓ, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary

Minister Saito held a meeting with H.E. Mr. Péter SZIJJÁRTÓ, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary and exchanged opinions on enhancing development of bilateral economic cooperation and strengthening nuclear energy collaboration.

They signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) towards the enhancement of the nuclear energy collaboration. In the signed MOC, both sides have agreed on cooperation towards the use of nuclear energy including exchange of information such as introduction of small modular reactors (SMR), enhancement of their nuclear supply chain, cooperation in the long-term operation of current nuclear power plants and improvement of their safety along with other cooperation initiatives. Taking advantage of the signing of the MOC, METI will accelerate nuclear energy cooperation with Hungary.

Related Material

• Memorandum of Cooperation between the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of JAPAN and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary on Cooperation and Exchange of Information in the Field of Nuclear Energy (Original)(PDF:172KB)

Division in Charge

• Europe Division, Trade Policy Bureau
• Office for International Nuclear Energy Cooperation, Nuclear Energy Policy Planning Division, Electricity and Gas Industry Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy