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Hungary Relations with Selected Non-Western Countries
In the mid- to late 1980s, Hungary began to forge new
economic and political relations with three countries that
had
long been ignored by most other countries in Eastern
Europe.
Hungary had broken off political relations with Israel in
1967,
all but cut off relations with China as a result of the
SinoSoviet split, and neglected South Korea for fear of
angering
communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North
Korea).
Given the varying circumstances of these countries,
Hungary had
different reasons for seeking to reopen relations with
them,
although in the case of all three countries, economic
relations
figured prominently. The Hungarians sought to develop
trade and
commercial ties with Israel. Hungary and China shared an
interest
in economic and political reform. South Korea provided a
key to
opening Hungarian relations with the newly industrialized
countries of the Pacific Basin.
Data as of September 1989
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