Bertalan Havasi, head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister, has informed kormany.hu that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has appointed Kristóf Altusz, Deputy State Secretary for European and American Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as Ministerial Commissioner responsible for conducting negotiations relating to international universities.

“The legislative phase related to international universities has come to a close; next comes the phase of diplomatic negotiations. The Government firmly believes that the conditions included in the new Act on Higher Education can be met by all universities willing to act in good faith”, Mr. Havasi said.