Hungary's PM Orban in Moscow for Gorbachev funeral: govt

BUDAPEST/MOSCOW: Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban will travel to Moscow Saturday for the funeral of last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Budapest said.

Meanwhile, Kremlin said that there are no plans for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Orban will pay his respects and will be accompanied by a delegation, the secretary of state said on Twitter.

Before the Ukraine war, Orban had one of the closest relationships with Russian President Vladimir Putin of any EU leader, and Hungary is the sole European country to have increased gas deliveries from Russia since the start of the conflict.

Meanwhile, Kremlin said that there are no plans for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin when he travels to Moscow for funeral of last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

“As far as we know, he will only fly in to say goodbye to Gorbachev. There were no desires for meetings,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state news agency RIA Novosti.