Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to France, Serbia and Hungary is "at the right time and necessary," said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest on Thursday.

In an interview with China Media Group (CMG), Orban said Hungary is going to take over the rotating president of the EU Council starting from the latter half of this year. One of his top priorities will be navigating China-EU relations to the right direction, and he is confident because he will get support from partners.