The phone call comes amid preparations for a Russia-US summit in Budapest<\/p>\n
Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a phone call with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on Friday. The call comes ahead of a planned summit between Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, in Budapest.
\nThe Kremlin\u2019s press service noted that during the call, the Hungarian leader expressed a willingness to provide all the conditions for hosting the proposed Russia-US summit in Budapest.
\nPutin informed Orban about his recent conversation with Trump\u00a0in which they discussed a roadmap towards a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict, \u201cwith a view to holding a Russian-American summit in the Hungarian capital.\u201d
\nOrban has confirmed the call with Putin\u00a0in a post on Facebook, announcing that preparations for the summit are \u201cin full swing.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Peskov suggested that the event could take place during the next two weeks or slightly later.
\nHe stated that Hungary \u201ccommands the respect\u201d of both Putin and Trump, given its \u201cunique position in terms of its sovereignty and in defending its interests\u201d while being a member of both NATO and the EU.
\nThursday’s call between Putin and Trump was their first in nearly two months. The two\u00a0last met in mid-August in Alaska to discuss the Ukraine conflict and the restoration of Russia-US relations, their first face-to-face meeting since 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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