Szijjarto called the news about the upcoming meeting between Putin and Trump fantastic

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on October 16 called the news about the upcoming meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and American Leader Donald Trump in Budapest fantastic.

"Fantastic news that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have spoken again, and even more fantastic news that they will meet soon in Budapest," he wrote on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

Szijjarto added that the road to peace lies through negotiations.

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Because of this, Brussels may change the decision-making procedure.

Earlier in the day, Trump announced a meeting with Putin in Hungary and called the phone conversation with the Russian president productive.

As Russian Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov noted, the conversation itself took place at the initiative of Putin, who began the conversation by congratulating Trump on the success of his work to normalize the situation in the Gaza Strip. It is noted that Trump mentioned Budapest as a meeting place with Putin, who in response supported this choice.

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