Péter Szijjártó spoke by phone to Wang Yi in Vienna ahead of a meeting of Central European ministers. On his Facebook page on Wednesday, the Hungarian foreign minister wrote that he and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed that the conditions for peace are deteriorating day by day, so efforts to build peace must be multiplied. His Chinese counterpart "expressed his appreciation for the Hungarian policy of peace", he added.
They also agreed that cooperation between the European Union and China should not be scaled down, but rather stepped up. Reducing cooperation would be detrimental to Europe, they noted.