Photo: Vivien Benko Cher/Prime Minister's Press Office/MTI
Eurasia
05/07/2024 15:55
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, on the second stop of his peace mission, visited Moscow on Friday, where he held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the settlement of the Ukraine conflict and bilateral relations between their countries.
In his welcome speech before the meeting, the Hungarian Prime Minister reminded the press that this was the fourteenth bilateral meeting with the Russian President since 2009. He added, however, that this occasion was more special than the previous ones. He recalled that he had last visited Moscow in February 2022, before the war.
Orbán also mentioned that Hungary is holding the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July.
The Hungarian PM thanked the Russian president for welcoming him ‘in such difficult circumstances.’ He stressed: ‘we are slowly running out of countries that can talk to both sides in the war; Hungary is gradually becoming the only country in Europe that can talk to everyone.’ Orbán expressed his desire to use this opportunity to discuss important issues with the Russian president and to gain his perspective on matters that are significant for Europe.
