“Hundreds of tons of equipment required to protect against the coronavirus epidemic are arriving from China”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a video message posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, the Minister received Chinese Ambassador Tuan Chie-lung. The Ambassador stressed that China is particularly grateful to Hungary for having been the first country to provide assistance to China when the coronavirus pandemic first broke out. “And China is reciprocating that assistance”, he added. Mr. Szijjártó thanked China for its contribution towards enabling Hungary to successfully combat the coronavirus. He also said that shipments of equipment have already arrived in Hungary, and over the coming days and weeks several planeloads of goods will be arriving and transporting hundreds of tons of equipment required to protect against the coronavirus epidemic to Hungary from China. At the meeting, Mr. Szijjártó emphasised: “Challenges are not just good for being overcome, but also for showing us who our true friends are”. “So much for any doubts concerning the necessity and well-founded nature of Hungary’s Eastern Opening policy”, the Minister added in his video post.

(MTI)