Orbán and Xi agreed on strengthening ties as early as 2009
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, ended their three-day visit to Hungary with lunch with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his wife, Anikó Lévai, the PM’s press chief said.
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Photo: MTI/Miniszterelnöki Sajtóiroda/Benko Vivien Cher
During the lunch, Orbán noted that he and Xi had agreed to strengthen ties between the two countries already in 2009, when Xi was deputy president and himself the leader of the opposition. Fifteen years later, they signed 18 cooperation agreements and outlined new plans and goals, he said.
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