Orban expressed his conviction in the success of the meeting and stated that he is preparing to host the bilateral meeting.

Today Hungary is the European country with serious possibilities for Russian-US negotiations to end in peace, the head of government wrote on his Facebook account.

The leader added that the European Union has isolated itself from the peace process, but his nation remains ready to continue mediation efforts.

For years we have consistently and persistently defended the cause of peace.

Cooperation rather than confrontation, mutual respect instead of stigmatization.

That is the way to peace, declared the Hungarian prime minister.

Experts consider that this position underlines the fracture in European unity over the strategy towards Moscow.

On October 16, a telephone conversation took place between Putin and Trump.

The US president noted that the conversation, which focused on the prospects of trade between the United States and Russia after the end of the conflict in Ukraine, was ‘very productive’ and ‘great progresses’ were made.

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