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Hungarian minister travelled to China to talk about peace in Ukraine
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Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, will hold talks in Beijing on Monday with his schedule including “critically important topics” to be discussed.
In a post on Facebook, the minister said a major topic to be discussed is the Ukraine-Russia war. In this context, the foreign minister said efforts towards bringing about peace were of particular significance. Hungary supports the peace plan put forward by China, for two reasons, he said. “One is that the plan is about peace. The other is that the plan as such does exist,” Szijjártó said.
Szijjártó said another topic to focus on was Europe-China ties. Hungary does not want those ties to sour, he said, adding that “we consider China not as a country posing a risk, but one with which cooperation can offer us enormous opportunities”. A western-eastern (Europe-China) economic cooperation may yield a division of labour that could benefit both sides, the foreign minister said, making reference to Hungary that has become “an integration point” of western-European and Chinese investments.
It might be interesting to note that our FM did not travel to see Putin about the peace proposals Zelenskiy had (shortly after him being elected) with regards to the situation in the Donbas.
No, not our FM, not our PM, neither were shouting “We want peace” at that time. Putin laughed off Zelenskiy’s attempts and, instead invaded Ukraine, not just the the Donbas.