Trump envoy briefs Hungary on U.S.-Russia talks in Riyadh
A high-ranking official from Donald Trump's administration has arrived in Budapest to personally relay information from the U.S.-Russia meeting in Riyadh to the Hungarian government.
The U.S. Embassy in Budapest reported that Louis L. Bono, a senior official from the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, met with Hungary's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Levente Magyar, on Wednesday in Budapest.
"Senior Bureau Official for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Louis L. Bono met with Deputy Foreign Minister Levente Magyar in Budapest today. The two officials discussed a range of key issues of importance to advancing American and Hungarian security and prosperity. Senior Bureau Official Bono reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to bringing an end to the war in Ukraine in a way that’s fair, enduring, sustainable, and acceptable to all parties involved," stated the U.S. Embassy.
In his statement, Levente Magyar said Bono arrived specifically to convey to Hungary the conclusions reached during preliminary Russian-American negotiations in the capital of Saudi Arabia.
Bono also said that the Trump administration saw Hungary as an important international ally "and counts on us especially in promoting dialogue between Washington and Brussels," Magyar stated, as quoted by the Hungarian HVG.
He argued that strengthening European defence capabilities is also in the interest of both the United States and Hungary.
Negotiations between the USA and Russia, which began in Riyadh, are causing significant concerns in Europe. On Wednesday, an advisor to the Hungarian Prime Minister, Balazs Orban, criticized European leaders, saying that the leaders of Europe "started scrambling in a panic", although "everything goes according to the script, except that according not to theirs, but that of [Hungarian Prime Minister] Viktor Orbán."
- Trump said that if Europeans do not develop a peace strategy, the Russians and Americans will resolve the issue at their expense - claims Prime Minister Orban’s advisor, as quoted by "Daily News Hungary". - Hungary is the only European country consistently taking a pro-peace stance - insists Balazs Orban.
