No stopping: Another metropolis to be available directly from Budapest
A direct flight between Budapest and Shenzhen will start operating in June, bringing the number of major Chinese cities travellers can reach with direct flights from Budapest to seven, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, Péter Szijjártó, said in Beijing on Wednesday.
New direct flight from Budapest to Chinese metropolis
Shenzhen, China. Photo: depositphotos.com
The new flight will operate twice a week, Szijjártó said after talks with Wang Wentao, China’s commerce minister, according to a foreign ministry statement.
“This means that from June, travellers will be able to reach seven Chinese cities via direct flights from Budapest, with the number of weekly flights rising to 19, which is one and a half times as many as there were before the pandemic, and much more than between any other central European airport or city and China,” he pointed out.
“The links between the two countries continue to expand, guaranteeing even more favourable conditions for the development of trade and economic cooperation,” Szijjártó said.
He noted Tuesday’s announcement of a new direct flight linking Budapest and Xi’an to be launched in the summer, as well as the recent announcement of a Budapest-Guangzhou flight.
Shenzhen, China. Photo: depositphotos.com
Szijjártó, who on Wednesday is also scheduled to meet his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, said after a meeting of the Hungarian-Chinese joint economic commission that both countries had benefitted greatly from the cooperation they had worked hard to build over the last decade and a half.
“This mutually beneficial Chinese-Hungarian cooperation clearly proves that the European Union is making a huge mistake when it depicts China and cooperation with China as some sort of threat,” the minister said.
“We don’t see cooperation with China as a danger or a risk, but rather as a major opportunity,” Szijjártó said. “A major opportunity to push Hungary’s economic growth to a higher level.”
“We therefore oppose any European approach that tries to present China as a threat . that aims to restrict cooperation with China, and we also oppose any sort of procedure on the part of the European Union that would make economic cooperation between Europe and China more difficult,” the minister said. “We therefore also oppose the procedures the European Union is planning to apply to China’s electric vehicle sector.”
Szijjártó said the changing era of the global economy called for close and successful cooperation based on mutual respect between the EU and China.
He noted that China was the top foreign investor in Hungary last year, welcoming that Beijing continued to support companies establishing a presence in Hungary.
“And we in Hungary will guarantee all the conditions necessary for ensuring that these investments by Chinese businesses are swift and successful,” Szijjártó said. “We, of course, also guarantee these conditions for all companies investing in Hungary regardless of where they come from.”
Meanwhile, Szijjártó noted an agreement under which China’s government supports the wide-scale entry of Hungarian businesses onto the Chinese market.
He said a Hungarian company will begin producing medical diagnostic equipment in China from the second half of the year. Hungarian companies also have a strong presence in China’s pharmaceutical industry, he said, noting that drugmaker Richter’s revenues have increased by more than 20 percent in two years.
Hungary has the highest number of food export permits for China among central European countries, Szijjártó said, adding that exports offered an opportunity to further develop Hungary’s food industry.
Also, Hungary and China have reached an agreement on starting talks on regionalisation, he said. This would mean that, for instance, in the event of a bird flu or African swine fever outbreak, import bans would only apply to the area affected by the outbreak rather than the entire country, he said.
Szijjártó said he is later scheduled to meet with Chinese business executives and would hopefully be able to announce more investments in Hungary.
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Senior Ministers and lower “Plubs” of the Orban – Fidesz Government certainly are frequenting China on extremley regular visitations.
Minister of Finance – Varga Mihaly – in China last week, then this week, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Peter Szijjarto, back in China.
WHAT flood gates they HAVE opened to China, plus the avalanche – the smotheration of us, of Chinese visitors – that will BUILD & BUILD in number, through “deals” of the Orban – Fidesz Government, arranging and permitting the Chinese to “swamp” us – invade us.
Hungary – we sit back and just let it ALL un-fold before our very eyes, and when the time arises, that action(s) are needed by Hungarians to cease or curb, the CHINESE “rampage” on Hungary, it will be a WASTED exercise.
We are BEING literally SWARMED by the Chinese across the broad spectrum of what is – what makes Hungary, that is progressing at such a pace, that control of essential elements in the functionality of Hungary, our TRADITIONS are under IMMENSE pressure to survive.
Orban – his Fidesz Government – it’s ALL part of there “Sell Off” plans – eradicating, ensuring the Distillation of Hungary, being DEMOCRATIC, and transforming Hungary again back to be Ruled and Governed, under a Communistic Government, aligned to China & Russia.
Stayed turned, more sooner than later to COME.
The Chinese are not Europeans, they care not for Europeans, and allying with those who care not for Europeans and their interests is equivalent to TREASON! It is disgusting and despicable what Western (European) governments, including the Hungarian government, are doing! The Family of Europa, the interests of Our Precious Race, are not for sale or squander by piss-weak Western politicians eager to fill the pockets of themselves and their cronies with cheap shekels of the third-world and flood Our Nations with substandard goods and services, as well as individuals alien to European culture, values, morals, attitudes, and aspirations! Our children’s inheritance is NOT FOR SALE!!!