Economy 28 November 2025, 11:40am

New details emerge about the meeting between Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin

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According to a TASS correspondent, Viktor Orbán has arrived in the Russian capital. The newspaper reports that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Presidential Adviser Yuri Ushakov and Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak will also attend the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orbán. The talks are set to begin after 13:00 Moscow time, and according to our information, the Hungarian delegation will comprise 3–4 individuals.

Dmitry Peskov, the Russian presidential press secretary, confirmed to TASS that President Vladimir Putin will meet the Hungarian Prime Minister in Moscow on 28 November.

Viktor Orbán had announced plans

to discuss energy supplies and the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine with Putin.

According to the TASS news agency, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Presidential Adviser Yuri Ushakov and Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak are also present at the meeting. The Hungarian delegation is expected to include Péter Szijjártó, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. According to our information, the Hungarian side will be represented by a delegation of three to four people.

According to a Kremlin spokesperson,

negotiations will begin at 13:00 Moscow time (11:00 Hungarian time).

According to the Kremlin website, Putin and Orbán have met 12 times since Putin became President of Russia. The most recent meeting took place in July 2024, when the Hungarian Prime Minister was on a [self-proclaimed] 'peace-making mission' to Russia, Ukraine, China and the United States. Since the start of the special military operation, Putin and Orbán have met twice in person and spoken three times by phone.

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