Deputy Amir receives Hungarian parliament speaker, bids farewell to German envoy
QNA
Doha
The Deputy Amir His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani met with Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament Dr. Laszlo Kover and his accompanying delegation at the Amiri Diwan office on Tuesday.During the meeting, the two sides discussed relations and the ways to develop them, in addition to topics of mutual interest.
Speaker of the Shura Council HE Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim attended the meeting.
HH the Deputy Amir also met with Ambassador of Germany to Qatar HE Lothar Freischlader, who called on him to greet him on the occasion of the end of his tenure in the country. HH the Deputy Amir expressed his wishes for the ambassador's success and for further development and growth of relations between the two countries.
For his part, the ambassador thanked HH the Amir, HH the Deputy Amir, and the country's officials for the cooperation he received, which contributed to facilitating and ensuring the success of his work in the country.
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