The Hungarian PM introduced the Turkish president with Aristocrat the Stallion, receiving a Türkiye-made electrical automobile in return
Türkiye’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, visited Hungary on Monday, assembly the nation’s prime minister, Viktor Orban. The 2 leaders exchanged means-of-transportation presents following the meet-and-greet ceremony with army honors for Erdogan in Budapest’s historic Heroes’ Sq..
Orban gifted Erdogan a horse, Aristocrat the Stallion. The horse is a Nonius, a neighborhood Hungarian dark-coated heavy-boned breed, extensively used as a draft and utility horse by the Hungarian army prior to now. “The reward from one equestrian nation to a different,” Orban wrote on Fb.
In flip, the Hungarian chief acquired a Togg electrical SUV from Erdogan. Togg is the primary producer to domestically produce electrical automobiles in Türkiye, lively since 2018. The producer launched its first – and, up to now, solely – mannequin, the Togg T10X, final fall.
“One of the best deal I’ve ever made! For one horse energy, I acquired 435. Welcome to Hungary President Erdogan!” Orban mentioned in a tongue-in-cheek publish on X, previously Twitter, sharing photos of the presents.
Orban’s alternative of current for the Turkish chief didn’t escape the net neighborhood, with some customers suggesting there may be extra to it, given his poor account with horses.
In 2003, shortly after assuming the position of Türkiye’s prime minister for the primary time, Erdogan skilled a well known mishap whereas using a horse named Cihan through the inauguration ceremony of a brand new park in Istanbul. Shortly after mounting the animal, the politician was thrown off the horse and trampled.
Following this occasion, Erdogan kept away from collaborating in public equestrian actions for over a decade. It wasn’t till 2017 that he mounted a horse once more, marking his second look on horseback.
