(FILES) The delagation of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (C-R) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping (C-L) on April 25, 2019, during the second Belt and Road Forum (BRF) in Beijing. As one of China's closest allies in Europe, Hungary will seek to strengthen its ties with the Asian power, when President Xi Jinping wraps up his European tour in Budapest from May 8, 2024. (Photo by Andrea VERDELLI / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ANDREA VERDELLI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)