TOKYO, July 8 – Fresh off a controversial visit to Moscow, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made a surprise stop in Beijing on Monday for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
China’s state news agency Xinhua reported that Xi and Orban had met, without immediately elaborating.
On X, Orban wrote that China “is a key power in creating the conditions” for making peace between Russia and Ukraine, and that this was why he came just two months after Xi visited Budapest.
China maintains a close relationship with Russia, and Xi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin last Wednesday in Kazakhstan.
Hungary, which just took over the European Union’s rotating presidency, stands apart from most of the bloc due to its relatively warm ties with both Russia and China.
