Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Hungary on February 17, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó has announced. Szijjártó said Hungary urges the mediated end of the fighting in Ukraine without delay, based on the Minsk agreement on resolving the crisis, adding that Hungary’s interest is to have a strong and stable neighbour. There will be plenty to discuss, given the European Union’s sanctions against Russia and the retaliatory embargo by Moscow that have resulted in a significant drop in economic and political cooperation between the two, Szijjártó said, noting that Hungarian exports to Russia had fallen by …read more
Source: The Budapest Times
