Article Posted on : - Oct 18, 2013

NEW DELHI (PTI): An agreement for the transfer of knowhow in the field of biological and chemical warfare was among six MoUs signed between Hungary and India as part of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's visit to the country.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in areas of defensive aspects of microbiological and radiological detection and protection was signed between the Ministries of Defence of the two countries in the presence of Orban and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The above MoU was signed by the Scientific Adviser to India's Defence Minister, Avinash Chander, and Hungary's Minister for National Resources, Zoltan Balog.

The two countries also decided to double to Euros 2 million their contribution to the Indo-Hungarian Strategic Research Fund for collaborative research.

The Letter of Intent in this regard was agreed upon between India's Department of Science and Technology and the National Innovation Office of Hungary. It was signed between Minister of State for External Affairs, Preneet Kaur, and Hungary's Minister of National Economy, Mihaly Varga.