Hungarian premier has rattled EU and Nato allies with recent diplomatic forays to Kyiv and Moscow
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has hailed China as a “key power” for promoting peace in Ukraine during a visit to Beijing, the latest in a flurry of high-profile diplomacy after surprise trips to Kyiv and Moscow last week that irked EU and Nato allies. Orbán landed in the Chinese capital on Monday for what he called a “Peace mission 3.0” in a post on social media platform X.
He met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday, days after making a surprise visit to Kyiv. Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine’s presidential office, told reporters on Monday that Orbán did not notify President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in advance that he would be making the trip to Moscow. Kyiv learned it “in the media”, Yermak said. Orbán’s outreach to Russia and China has dismayed other EU leaders, who last week warned that he did not represent the EU in his meeting with Putin.
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