BUDAPEST, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Hungary plans to sell non-strategic assets to partially finance its acquisition of Budapest airport, Economic Development Minister Marton Nagy told reporters on the sidelines of a business conference on Monday.
He did not say which assets the government might sell.
Since Prime Minister Viktor Orban took power in 2010, his government has boosted Hungarian ownership in the energy, banking, telecoms and media sectors.
The government submitted a new formal bid for a majority stake in Budapest Airport last month, with talks underway with several airport operators, one of them in Qatar, to join as a minority partner.
Reporting by Gergely Szakacs Writing by Boldizsar Gyori; Editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
Marton Nagy, Viktor Orban, Gergely, Boldizsar Gyori, Kirsten Donovan
Organizations:
Economic, Thomson
Locations:
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Budapest, Qatar