Hungary has always focused on the cooperation of Turkic speaking states which nurture their language, culture and traditions even in the modern world, Orbán said at the 6th meeting of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan. “Hungarians consider themselves late descendants of Attila, of Hun-Turkic origin, and Hungarian is a relative of Turkic languages.” In light of the “fantastic” economic and political development of Turkic countries “it’s taken as praise if Hungarians are called an Eastern people,” he added. The “old era” in which capital and knowledge moved from West to East is over, he said, adding that “the new world order will be dominated by the development of countries rising in the East”. Hungary has had a strategic partnership with Turkey, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, he said, adding that the goal was to raise ties with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to that level, too. Orbán also noted that Hungary’s Eximbank has opened a 1.5 billion dollar credit line to promote economic cooperation with Turkic countries.