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Hungarian, Chinese leaders to discuss anti-pandemic cooperation – Metro US

Hungarian, Chinese leaders to discuss anti-pandemic cooperation

FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Hungarian
FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban before the bilateral meeting of the Second Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is due to discuss anti-pandemic efforts with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the phone on Thursday, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a video on his Facebook page.

Hungary is the only European Union country to use Chinese vaccines under an emergency protocol before they have been officially approved by the bloc, with over a million doses of the Sinopharm shot helping the country record one of the world’s highest inoculation rates.

(Reporting by Marton Dunai @mdunai; Editing by Hugh Lawson)