Orban meets with Xi for achieving peace in Ukraine

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on July 8th, days after holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on a possible peace agreement in Ukraine that angered some European Union leaders.

According to Chinese state media, Orban and Xi met in Beijing at one of the presidential residences.

China, which has close reports with Russia, has promoted a six-point peace plan, meanwhile, Orban has launched a “Peace Commission” after his state took over the leadership of the EU Presidency earlier this month.

“Peace Mission 3,0”, he wrote on X ʹ that he was formerly known as Twitter after arriving in Beijing.

The Hungarian leader's visit to China takes place after he met in Kiev with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but he also made a visit to the Kremlin, which sparked harsh reactions from his allies.

“Kina is a key force in creating conditions for peace in the Russia-Ukraine” war, wrote Orban on X, adding that this is why he was meeting with Xi just two months after the Chinese leader visited Budapest.

“We very much appreciate your peace initiative in connection with the conflict in Hungary's neighbour to”, the MTI reported.

The “is very important for Hungarians to promote world peace”, Orban said.

The Hungarian prime minister is critical of Western military assistance to Ukraine and is the European leader, who has the best reports with Xi and Putin.

His visit to China comes days before summit is held NATO in Washington, where the issue of further assistance delivery for Ukraine will be addressed.

This visit is also being realised following last week's European Commission decision to impose a 37.6 per cent tariff on imports of electric vehicles produced in China.

Hungary has become an important trade partner of China in contrast with some other EU states that want to be less dependent on the second largest economy in the world. / REL/