Hungary FM: China–Hungary Summit Produces Worthy Outcome + Video

Hungary's minister of trade and foreign affairs gave a detailed account of Hungarian–Chinese developments.

In this context, Hungary's foreign minister pointed out that Hungary already boasts direct connections to seven major Chinese cities, with nineteen flights a week. Mr Szijjarto also emphasized that preparations would begin for the development of a charging network for electric cars, because "the future belongs to electric cars, and this is how we can protect our environment". "We have agreed to develop the charging network for electric vehicles in Hungary, in order to ensure that electric cars can be charged as quickly and in as many parts of the country as possible," he said. Besides, we will also commence the construction of Europe's most modern, largest, safest and fastest border crossing point between Hungary and Serbia will be started, Mr Szijjarto highlighted.

"The highway border crossing point at Roszke is extremely congested. Unfortunately, we are all familiar with the images of long lines of trucks or cars. We would like this to stop in the future, so that people and freight traffic do not have to wait for long hours or days," he explained. Mr Szijjarto noted that they, along with their Serbian and Chinese partners, will jointly examine the possibility of building an oil pipeline between Hungary and Serbia as swiftly as possible, thus contributing to the security of energy supply for both countries and the entire region.

FM Szijjarto underlined that agricultural exports play a crucial role in bilateral trade, especially given that Hungary has the largest number of Chinese export licences in Central Europe, and that the range of products concerned will be further expanded following today's agreement, for example cherries will be added to the list.

Finally, Mr Szijjarto also mentioned that cooperation would be extended to a new area with the potential of adding a new dimension – namely nuclear energy – to bilateral relations. "We have reached an agreement with China and the Chinese government that we will put together a cooperation program encompassing the entire spectrum of the nuclear industry, so that the cheapest, safest and most efficient way of producing electricity can be properly applied by both countries," he said. In this context, he noted that the demand for electricity will continue to grow steeply around the world in the coming years and that nuclear energy is the best way to meet this demand. "Those countries that will be in a good position, in a safe position, will be those that have significant nuclear capacity," he said.

So, President Xi's visit is historic, and the outcomes it produced today also correspond to this,

– he concluded.

Cover photo: Hungarian Minister of Trade and Foreign Affairs, Peter Szijjarto (Source: Facebook/Peter Szijjarto)