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Beijing:The Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced that at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, Serbian President Alexander Vucic, Hungarian President Sulej Tamas, and Prime Minister Orban Viktor, Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to these three countries from May 5 to 10. According to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Chien, this visit will be the first visit of a Chinese president to Europe in the last five years. This is of great significance for promoting the overall development of China-France, China-Serbia, China-Hungary, and China-Europe relations, and will also inject new kinetic energy into the development of world peace.

The spokesperson said this in a regular press conference held in Beijing on Monday. He said that France was the first major Western country to establish ambassadorial-level diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. In recent years, under the leadership of President Xi and President Macron, China-France relations have maintained a good development trend.

China hopes that President Xi's current visit to France will strengthen political mutual trust, unity, and cooperation, and promote the China-France comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level, and contribute to the healthy and stable development of China-Europe relations. Inspiring power will be exerted and new contributions will be made in promoting global peace, stability, and development.

At the same time, Serbia is China's first comprehensive strategic partner in Central and Eastern Europe and there is a deep friendship between the two countries. Spokesperson Lin Chien said that under the leadership of President Xi and President Vucic in recent years, bilateral relations maintain a high level of performance. The in-depth development of China-Serbia relations is in line with the fundamental and long-term interests of the two countries and their peoples, and is conducive to safeguarding international fairness and justice and promoting regional and world peace and stability.

According to Lin Chien, this visit will be President Xi Jinping's first visit to Serbia in eight years, which will be an important milestone in the improvement and upgrading of China-Serbia relations. China hopes that the visit will strengthen the friendship and political mutual trust between the two countries, expand genuine cooperation, open a new chapter of China-Serbia relations, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. More contributions will be made in giving.

On the other hand, Hungary, as an important country in Central and Eastern Europe, is an important partner for China in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and in promoting cooperation between China and Central-Eastern European countries. Spokesperson Lin Chien said that President Suleyak and Prime Minister Orban jointly invited President Xi, which fully reflects the high importance and expectations of the Hungarian side for this visit.

Lin Chien said that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Hungary. This historic visit will take bilateral relations to a new level, open a new chapter for China-Hungary friendly cooperation, bring a new driving force to the development of China-Europe relations, and inject more stability and positive energy into the turbulent world.

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