Hungary's Orban says will talk to Putin later on Friday

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday that he would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin later in the day as Budapest has started preparations for a meeting between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Orban, a long-time Trump ally who has also kept close ties with Russia despite the war in Ukraine, said the meeting "will be about peace" and if there is a peace deal, that would lead to a new phase of economic development in Hungary and Europe.

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