China's Xi arrives in Paris for first European trip in five years
China's President Xi Jinping (L) and his wife Peng Liyuan wave upon their arrival at Orly airport, south of Paris. Michel Euler/AFP/dpa

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Europe on Sunday, on a trip that will take him to France, Hungary and Serbia.

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal received Xi in Paris on Sunday afternoon.

Talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are scheduled for Monday.

It is Xi's first trip to Europe in five years. Ahead of the Chinese president's arrival, protesters gathered in the French capital calling for a "Free Tibet."

The status of the autonomous Chinese region in the Himalayan highlands under international law is disputed.