The Chinese and Hungarian governments confirmed on Monday that genocidal dictator Xi Jinping will visit Budapest from May 8 to May 10 as part of a wide-ranging European tour starting in France and Serbia.
Xi’s visit to Hungary is the result of an invitation from Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, one of Xi’s closest allies in Europe, despite the public perception that Orbán is an anti-communist conservative. .
Hungary was the continent’s first country to join China’s predatory Belt and Finance Initiative (BRI) and has enthusiastically welcomed Chinese investment and close cooperation with President Xi’s Communist Party.
File/October 16, 2009: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (left) shakes hands with Hungarian President László Solyom on the terrace of the Presidential Palace in Castlelyn Budapest, ahead of an official meeting. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images)
Mr. Xi also enjoys friendly relations with the governments of center-left globalist French President Emmanuel Macron and Serbian Progressive Party President Aleksandar Vučić. Serbia is member France is a member of the Belt and Road Initiative, but France is not.
Hua Chunying, China’s top foreign ministry official, announced on Monday that she will travel to Europe starting May 5 in France.
At the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron of the French Republic, President Aleksandar Vucic and President of the Republic of Serbia Tamáš Surok, and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary, President Xi Jinping will make official visits to France, Serbia, and Hungary starting in May.
— Hua Chunying 华春莹 (@SpokespersonCHN) April 29, 2024
During a regular press conference of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Briefing session On Monday, spokesman Lin Jian said Xi had not visited Europe in “almost five years” and was keen to expand “vital” ties with the three countries in question. Mr. Lin recalled Hungary’s pivotal role in the Belt and Road Initiative. The Belt and Road is a program in which China provides predatory loans to vulnerable countries, which are used to finance Chinese contractors and later usurp their sovereignty if those countries become insolvent. used for.
“The two countries have held close high-level exchanges, deepened political mutual trust, and made fruitful and steady progress in cooperation in various fields, bringing tangible benefits to the peoples of both countries,” Lin said. . “The fact that President Tamás Szlök and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán jointly invited President Xi Jinping to visit Hungary shows how much Hungary values and looks forward to this visit.”
Lin also said that Xi’s visit will coincide with the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Budapest.
Hungarian Secretary of State for International Communications Zoltan Kovacs announced the visit and emphasized economic cooperation.
“This visit aims to further strengthen inter-state and economic and trade relations between Hungary and China and expand cooperation into new areas,” he said in a statement on Monday.
At the invitation of 🇳 🇺 @DrTamasSulyok and @PM_ViktorOrbanChinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to Hungary from May 8th to 10th.
During the program in Budapest, the Chinese president is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Orbán and President Sulyok regarding bilateral talks. pic.twitter.com/jhNiLNQPuH
— Zoltan Kovacs (@zoltanspox) April 29, 2024
The Chinese Communist Party’s fruitful relationship with Hungary is one of the most surprising coalitions, given that Orbán regularly denounces Marxism in public statements. For example, China was one of the first countries to vigorously congratulate Orbán after his party Fidesz KDNP won a decisive victory in the 2022 national elections.
In a congratulatory message to Prime Minister Orbán at the time, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, “China will continue to resolutely support Hungary in maintaining its independent choice of development path,” and said that his victory was a sign that “China will continue to support Hungary in maintaining its independent choice of development path.” “This demonstrated that the two countries’ policies are in agreement.” The national situation of this country and the common interests of its people. ”
In his election speech, Orbán declared that his victory was a defeat for the “international left.”
The Belt and Road Initiative is at the core of the political friendship between Hungary and China.Orbán’s last met Mr. Xi visited Beijing in October to attend the annual Belt and Road Forum. Prime Minister Orbán has attended the event, aimed at promoting China’s debt trap plans, for the past three years in a row.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that he is ready to work with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and other countries’ leaders to pursue better Belt and Road cooperation in the next decade. #BRF2023 https://t.co/mUJPNO4gIx pic.twitter.com/yG7S4XAn2I
— CCTV+ (@CCTV_Plus) October 17, 2023
“The two sides have witnessed the continued deepening of political mutual trust, fruitful achievements in mutually beneficial cooperation, and rich and colorful people-to-people and cultural exchanges,” Xi Jinping reportedly said during the meeting. . Especially in the struggle against [Wuhan coronavirus] The pandemic has strengthened the friendship between the two countries. ”
Hungary became the first European country to start administering the Chinese-made Wuhan coronavirus vaccine product developed by Chinese state-owned company Sinopharm in 2021.
“Xi Jinping expressed his deep gratitude for Hungary’s long-standing firm pursuit of a friendly policy toward China and active support for Belt and Road cooperation,” the October meeting read out. 3rd consecutive international cooperation event”
“The Hungarian side firmly believes that the Belt and Road Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping will bring great changes to the world, promote global economic development, and bring more benefits to the people of all countries.
File/A Hungarian man walks towards Chinese President Xi Jinping for a handshake before the 2nd Belt and Road Forum bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, April 25, 2019. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (not pictured). (Andrea Verdelli/Pool/Getty Images)
At the meeting, Prime Minister Orbán categorically rejected “any decoupling or destruction of supply and industrial chains” with China, citing the widely documented use of slaves in China’s supply chains and the rampant use of intellectual property. No mention of theft or other illegal activity was made.
According to the state news agency, five agreements were signed during Prime Minister Orbán’s visit in October. Global Timesincludes an agreement to “promote bilateral cooperation in industrial investment, economic development, green and low-carbon development, and the exchange of policies in the digital economy.”
BYD, China’s largest electric car maker, announced plans in December to build a factory in Hungary, a move hailed by Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto as “one of the biggest investments in the history of the Hungarian economy.”
