(FILES) Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during the welcome ceremony for the Belt and Road Forum, at the International Conference Center in Yanqi Lake, north of Beijing, on May 15, 2017. 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 Kenzaburo FUKUHARA / POOL / AFP) (Photo by KENZABURO FUKUHARA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)