Viktor Orban is known as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest ally in the European Union.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was in Kyiv on Tuesday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – his first visit to the country since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Kyiv, Ukraine His visit was a rare gesture in a relationship that long been marred by tensions. The self-described “illiberal” leader has long been accused by his European partners of dismantling democratic institutions at home and acting as an obstinate spoiler of key EU policy priorities.
This visit comes the day after Hungary took over the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union, a position that has little real power but can be used to set the tone of the bloc’s agenda.
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