PHOTOS: Chinese President Xi Jinping received with military honours in Budapest
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his spouse Peng Liyuan were received with military honours in Buda Castle on Thursday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping received with military honours in Budapest. Photo: MTI/Koszticsák Szilárd
Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and their wives greeted Xi and Peng Liyuan ahead of a military ceremony on the second day of their official visit to Hungary.
Xi and Sulyok then viewed a ceremonial parade of the Ceremonial Battalion of the Hungarian Armed Forces, the National Ceremonial Equestrian Unit and the Count Ferenc Nadasdy Hussar Regiment.
After the parade, President Sulyok received Xi and his delegation in the Sándor Palace.
Peng attended cultural programmes in the St Stephen Hall with First Lady Zsuzsanna Nagy.
Xi will stay in Hungary until Friday, on an official visit marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
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- Photo: MTI/Koszticsák Szilárd
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- Photo: MTI/Máthé Zoltán
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- Orbán and Xi Jinping. Photo: MTI/Miniszterelnöki Sajtóiroda/Benko Vivien Cher
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