Chinese President Xi Jinping said mutual political trust provided a ‘firm foundation’ for strengthening Chinese-Hungarian ties in a joint press conference with his host, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on May 9. The two leaders signed 18 agreements with a focus on infrastructural projects. China and Hungary had always been friends, enjoying mutual trust and striving to establish mutually beneficial cooperation, but bilateral ties were now better than ever before. Hungary’s Eastern Opening strategy aligns with China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), he said. Xi arrived in late Wednesday i…