On Friday afternoon, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping by telephone, Bertalan Havasi, the Deputy State Secretary heading the Press Office of the Prime Minister informed the Hungarian news agency MTI.

Mr Orbán thanked him for the help China provided for Hungary with the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.

At the meeting, the parties also spoke about the most important issues of post-epidemic economic cooperation, Mr Havasi said.

(Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister/MTI)