Deputy State Secretary, Political Director Levente Benkő visited London on 25 November 2016

Levente Benkő, Deputy State Secretary, Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade visited London on 25 November 2016, where he had an exchange of views with his UK counterpart, Tim Barrow, Political Director of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Anthony Philipson, Director for Partnerships and Trade at the Department for Exiting the European Union, Sir William Cash, Conservative MP, Chair of the European Scrutiny Committee of the House of Commons and prominent UK opinion shapers, including senior officials from the FCO, politicians, think tank leaders and journalists.

During the talks, the parties had discussions about current topics of mutual interest, inter alia, prospects of the Brexit process, possible impacts of the recent US elections, recent developments of the migration crisis, and touched upon regional issues such as Russia, Ukraine, Western Balkans, Syria, Iran and Egypt.