PHOTOS: Orbán meets Putin in China for first time since start of war

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Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin meet in Beijing, China for the first time since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Source: MTI/Miniszterelnöki Sajtóiroda/Fischer Zoltán

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Tuesday.

The two leaders discussed Hungarian-Russian cooperation in the areas of oil and gas deliveries as well as nuclear energy, MTI reports.

Orbán emphasised the importance of peace, saying that an end to the flow of refugees, sanctions and the fighting was key for the entire continent, including Hungary.

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Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin meet in Beijing, China for the first time since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Source: MTI/Miniszterelnöki Sajtóiroda/Fischer Zoltán

Orbán and Putin last met in person in Moscow on 1 February 2022 (read our article HERE), before the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. After five hours of talks, the two leaders held a joint press conference to discuss the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, gas supplies, the Hungarian vaccine factory and Paks II.

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