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Minister Szijjártó expressed hope that Hungary could continue to rely on “China’s commitment to ensure that peace returns to the region at last.”
Minister Szijjártó expressed hope that Hungary could continue to rely on “China’s commitment to ensure that peace returns to the region at last.”
The foreign minister said both Hungary and China had benefitted greatly from the cooperation they had worked hard to build over the last decade and a half.
25,000 jobs are to be created in Hungary by large Chinese investment projects implemented in the coming years.
Thanks to its close economic and investment cooperation with China, Hungary belongs among “the global frontrunners” of the technological transformation in the world, Minister Szijjártó said.
Chinese banks “have trust in the Hungarian economy”, the finance minister said, noting that several Chinese banks have selected Hungary as a base in recent years.
The two ministers agreed that building further infrastructure links between the two countries was necessary, with special regard to direct flights.
Minister Szijjártó said on Facebook that tourism is one of the most successful sectors of Hungarian-Chinese cooperation.
BYD’s construction of its first European plant in Szeged, in southern Hungary, is one of the most important investments in Hungary’s economic history.
The prime minister met Wang Xiaohong, China’s minister of public security, in his office in Budapest late last week.
Hungary has the highest number of food export permits for China among central European countries.
“The tendency is that German and Chinese capital want to work together, and this has become Hungary’s turf,” Minister Nagy said.
Minister Szijjártó expressed hope that the bloc would not take an ideological approach to its relations with China but “take reality into consideration”.
Minister Szijjártó attributed the good results to the government’s “maintaining its strategy aimed at building a work-based society promoting investment and job-creation even in times of crisis”.