China-EU relations: warm ties with Hungary are not meant to divide Europe, says Beijing
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Beijing said “four goals” for the bilateral relationship were agreed on with Budapest during Wang’s meeting on Monday with Peter Szijjarto, Hungarian minister of foreign affairs and trade.
“On the level of China-Europe relations, China’s cooperation with Hungary was never, and will never be, about dividing Europe. Instead, it is to boost mutual understanding and tolerance, to stand against moves that destroy China-Europe cooperation and to stand against conspiracies that divide the world,” according to the Chinese foreign ministry’s statement on Tuesday.
The four goals related to deepening strategic mutual trust, pursuing high-quality economic cooperation together, encouraging cultural and people-to-people exchange and co-defending international institutions and multilateralism.