Will Orban meet with Putin in Beijing? Important Chinese project
At the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing next week, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, who is wanted for war crimes, are expected to attend. However, it is not known whether a direct meeting of the two politicians will take place - Hungarian media report.
11:07 AM EDT, October 12, 2023
According to Politico, Orban is to be the only Union leader who will participate in the forum. The Prime Minister of Hungary is to meet with the most important Chinese politicians on Monday and Tuesday.
Putin has also accepted the forum invitation. The spokesman for Prime Minister Orban did not answer the question from the newspaper "Nepszava", whether he intends to meet with the Russian dictator, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague for war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine.
"Forum of the Pass and Trail"
The journal "Magyar Nemzet" confirms that Putin will appear in China, but this has not been announced to the public. Moreover, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected to be in China from October 15th to 17th Eastern Time.
Hungarian politicians regularly meet with politicians from Russia and Belarus. In mid-September, in the corridors of the UN General Assembly session in New York, the head of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peter Szijjarto, met with Lavrov again, encouraging his western counterparts to do the same.
