Xi, Orban meet in China

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Beijing on Monday, and the two sides exchanged in-depth views on the Ukraine crisis, Xinhua reports. 

Orban briefed Xi on his recent visits to Ukraine and Russia. President Xi expressed appreciation for Orban's efforts in promoting the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis and elaborated on China's relevant views and propositions.

Xi called on the international community to create conditions and provide support for the resumption of direct dialogue and negotiation between the two sides, saying that only if all major countries inject positive rather than negative energy, can a ceasefire in this conflict emerge as soon as possible, the report adds.

Hungarian PM Victor Orban is in China on an official visit. On July 5, he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, where the two sides discussed the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine and potential ways of starting peace negotiations. Earlier, on July 3, Orban was in Kyiv, where he discussed those issues with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.