On the morning of October 11, Xi Jinping organized a memorial ceremony at the China International Friendship Conference and on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Foreign Friendship Association, the Hungarian Embassy in China wrote on its Facebook page. mail.
About 200 people participated in the event in Beijing, including former foreign dignitaries, members of royal families and international friends.
Embassy photos show that former Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Medgyesy was also present at the meeting.
At the meeting, Xi Jinping spoke highly of the long-term commitment of China's international friends to the cause of friendship with China. The embassy explained that friendship between peoples is the foundation of stable and lasting international relations, and it is also the inexhaustible driving force for peace and development in the world.
As former Prime Minister, Peter Medgyesy did a lot for Hungarian-Chinese cooperation, and later maintained good relations with Beijing. In 2015, the politician received the Hungarian-Chinese Friendship Award from Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjarto.
