HUNGARY TO SUPPORT COLLECTIVE EU ASSOCIATION WITH

UNCLAS BUDAPEST 000020 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR EUR/CE JAMIE MOORE, OES/EGC DREW NELSON, OES/EGC KATE LARSEN, AND OES/ENV RACHEL KASTENBERG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KGHG SENV ENRG HU SUBJECT: HUNGARY TO SUPPORT COLLECTIVE EU ASSOCIATION WITH THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD REF: STATE 003079 ¶1. (SBU) Ambassador raised the question of Hungary's association with the Copenhagen Accord in her January 14 meeting with Prime Minister Bajnai. The Prime Minister's Foreign and Security Policy Advisor, David Koranyi, who also attended the meeting, stated that Hungary's Minister of Environment would join his EU counterparts in an informal meeting in Seville on January 16 to develop a joint decision regarding the Accord. Koranyi said Hungary would strongly support the EU's collective association. (Note: Both Prime Minister Bajnai and State Secretary Koranyi were part of the Hungarian delegation that attended the Copenhagen Summit.) KOUNALAKIS