Orbán Meets Erdogan at NATO Summit

Coming off the heels of his visits to Kyiv, Moscow, and Beijing, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Washington yesterday. Not much is known about the contents of the meeting, but Orbán wrote on his X account: “President @RTErdogan is an important partner in our peace mission! #Türkiye is the only country that successfully mediated between the warring parties in the Russia-Ukraine war.” In a video released after the meeting, Orbán said of their discussion: “If friends of peace join forces, together we can take the next step in the direction of peace.”