New York, February 19, 2025
On February 18, 2025 local time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi met with Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó at the United Nations (U.N.) headquarters in New York.
Wang Yi said that in today’s chaotic world, global governance is facing difficulties. As the rotating President of the U.N. Security Council for February, China has proposed hosting a high-level meeting on “Practicing Multilateralism, Reforming and Improving Global Governance”. China is ready to take the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations as an opportunity to join the international community in promoting true multilateralism and jointly safeguarding world peace and stability, which serves the interests of all parties and meets the expectations of the international community. China appreciates Hungary’s rational and objective stance on hotspot conflict issues and believes that Hungary will continue to contribute to peace and stability in Europe, and play an important and unique role in this regard.
Péter Szijjártó said that in a volatile and turbulent world, China is actively committed to building international consensus, and plays an important leading role in promoting world peace and improving global governance. Hungary highly values this, and supports and actively participates in this high-level meeting. Hungary will continue to strengthen communication and cooperation with China.
Both sides highly praised bilateral relations between China and Hungary. Wang Yi commended Hungary for consistently regarding China as an opportunity for development, emphasizing that regardless of changes in the international landscape, China will always be a trustworthy partner for Hungary. Noting that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the European Union (EU), Wang Yi expressed the belief that Hungary will continue to play a constructive role in the sound and stable development of China-EU relations. Péter Szijjártó noted that Hungary values its friendship with China and is pleased with the close high-level exchanges and good communication between the two countries as well as the significant achievements in practical cooperation across various fields. He expressed the willingness to work with the Chinese side to continuously elevate bilateral relations to new heights. Effective cooperation between the EU and China serves the common interests of all parties, and Hungary will continue to be committed to promoting the development of EU-China relations.
Source – Foreign Ministry of China