Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on a self-styled “peace mission” on Friday, triggering condemnation from European Union leaders who said he had no mandate to represent the bloc.
The Hungarian leader, who visited Kyiv a day after he took over the EU’s six-month rotating presidency on July 1, said ahead of the meeting that he had no intention of representing the 27-member bloc.
But speaking alongside the Russian leader after talks, he said he regarded the EU presidency as part of his mission and presented himself as uniquely positioned to mediate. The Kremlin said after the talks that there was no progress on Ukraine, according to the state-run Tass news service, citing Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.
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