On Wednesday morning Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov in Parliament. The meeting was also attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó.

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Mr. Szijjártó will also hold separate discussions with his Russian counterpart today, after which they will hold a joint press conference. Earlier the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said that the most important topic of their talks will be bilateral economic relations with Russia.

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Mr. Lavrov’s current visit to Budapest was agreed upon in February, when Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Moscow, and it is one of the main staging points in the follow-up procedure related to the agreements concluded there.

(Prime Minister's Office)