Hungary and China sign strategic cooperation agreement during visit by Chinese President Xi

let’s move on to other world news a fervent admirer of the Chinese president hungary’s Victor Orban signed a number of agreements with shishin ping during the final day of a European tour aimed at solidifying China’s economic footprint in the region following talks in Budapest the Hungarian prime minister praised what he described as the continuous uninterrupted friendship between the two countries since his tenure began back in 2010 he promised that Hungary would continue to host further Chinese Investments let’s hear some of what the two leaders had to say China attaches great importance to the China EU comprehensive strategic partnership and believes that Europe is an important poll in the multi-polar world an important partner in promoting Chinese star modernization China supports Hungary in playing a greater role within the EU and promoting China EU relations to achieve new and greater development effort should be made toward peace instead our voice hungary’s voice in Europe is the only voice Europe today is on the side of War The Only Exception is Hungary which calls for an immediate ceasefire and peace talks and supports all International efforts toward peace including the Chinese peace initiative presented by President XI jingping well for some analysis Let’s cross live night to our correspondent in Beijing Yen Lee is standing by for us great to have you with us this morning Yana so firstly how exactly has this 5-day European tour been viewed in China really quite positively Sharon in a patriotic light as well on social media there are these viral videos for example of Serbian people complimenting China’s rapid development or or people waving the Chinese uh flag on the streets of Belgrade but French prime minister Gabriel Gabriel ael’s efforts at speaking a few words in Mandarin to president Xi Jinping as well was applauded by neisens and we also have one a trending topic on WBO which is how Hungary and China have similar food and culture of course social media is controlled here and the trends we see can sometimes be genuine and they can also be artificial above all things that go viral here are things that are allowed to go viral here the takeaway is that these European countries rolled out the red carpet for president Shing ping he is a respected leader abroad and thus the Chinese people are being respected abroad at least that’s what you’ll see if you’ve been looking at some of the social media here in China this week so not surprisingly then perhaps viewed positively in China what about she’s International goals and has the trip from that point of view been a success for him well the overarching uh goal is to promote trainer’s economy and its Market was defending beijing’s foreign policy of course that the Belgrade visit was TI claim it to be an anti-nato anti-us snub whilst also serving as an opportunity to upgrade bilateral ties and indeed 29 new deals were signed Hungary too was rather a a logical choice for Beijing as a supporter of beijing’s belt and Road initiative and a host of several Chinese EV battery plants Belgrade no Budapest excuse me is an important uh friend for Beijing France has been a little bit more complex but was probably seen as a necessity for Beijing as they see Paris as a a crucial partner in the EU and a crucial one as a P5 Nation on the international scale as well leaders macron and she agreed on things that they mostly already agree on but they did it publicly and president she was treated to a personal supposedly meaningful a moment or two with uh president macron but before I leave you let me bring up some of the official wording from Beijing for this European trip but China and France have a precious history unique values and an important mission China and Serbia an ironclad of friendship that has grown stronger and finally China and Hungary have entered their best period in history y thank you so much for that update and Analysis that is Yan Lee joining us live there from Beijing

Hungary and China signed a number of new agreements on Thursday to deepen their economic and cultural cooperation during a visit to the Central European country by Chinese President Xi Jinping, a trip meant to solidify China’s economic footprint in the region. More information with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Beijing, China, Yena Lee.
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16 comments

  3. Hungry is smart. Stay neutral and pursue economic expansion. It doesn't want to get destroyed as Ukraine is, fighting what Boris Johnson calls a war to "defend Western hegemony."

  5. Orban? Hungary? Population 9.643 million while the population of the US state California is 39.03 million. The state of New York is 8.336 million. Orban is a mayor or governor at best.

  9. Chinese and itโ€™s products are indistinguishable because people are unkind and products are rubbish. Shouldnโ€™t believe and rely on dictators regime all are to mean to destroy and conquer. Be careful EU especially Hungary.

  12. Why Hungary cannot do that? Did they cooperate politically such as building ally? No. Did they cooperate in military such as China send troops into Hungary? No. They simply cooperate in economy, trade and investment. Why Hungary can't do these to improve the lives of their people? WHY?

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