Peter Szijjarto says he has spoken with Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov to discuss the upcoming meeting in Budapest<\/p>\n
Hungary and Russia have begun to discuss preparations for the planned summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Budapest, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said.
\nIn a post on Facebook on Friday, Szijjarto said he has spoken by phone with Putin\u2019s chief foreign policy adviser, Yury Ushakov, and confirmed that \u201cpreparations are in full swing.\u201d
\nHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has announced that he and Putin have held a phone call on Friday. Szijjarto added that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio are also set to talk later in the day.
\nSzijjarto said that Hungary is prepared to ensure security for the Russia-US talks, which are set to focus on the Ukraine conflict, and that Budapest will respectfully receive Putin and guarantee his unimpeded travel to and from the country.
\nOn Thursday, Orban stated that Budapest is ready and willing to host the meeting between the Russian and US presidents, calling it \u201cgreat news for the peace-loving people of the world\u201d and describing Hungary as an \u201cisland of peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The upcoming meeting between Trump and Putin was first announced by the US president on Thursday, after the two leaders held their first phone call in almost two months. The conversation lasted for more than two hours, according to the Kremlin and the White House. Trump described the call as \u201cvery productive,\u201d and stated that \u201cgreat progress was made.\u201d
\nThe Kremlin later also confirmed the planned summit, with Ushakov stating that preparations would start \u201cwithout delay.\u201d He noted that Budapest was proposed as a meeting place by Trump and that Putin immediately supported the idea.
\nPutin and Trump last met in mid-August in Alaska to discuss the Ukraine conflict and the restoration of Russia-US relations. It was the first face-to-face meeting between the two since 2019. Both leaders called the summit productive, although no breakthrough was achieved.
\nWhile contacts between Moscow and Washington have since wound down, Lavrov stated earlier this week that the Alaska process was \u201cnot finished,\u201d and that the two nations can still \u201cdo much.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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