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The Polish leader will depart on a two-day visit to Hungary, where he will take part in a summit of the leaders of the Visegrad Group countries.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has cancelled a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban following Orban’s visit to Russia, Rzeczpospolita reports. “Referring in his policy to the legacy of President Lech Kaczyński, who emphasized that Europe’s security depends on joint actions, including in the field of energy, and in connection with Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s visit to Moscow and its context, Karol Nawrocki has decided to limit the program of his visit to Hungary exclusively to the Visegrad Group presidential summit in Esztergom,” wrote Marcin Przydacz, head of the International Policy Bureau of the Polish President’s Chancellery, on social media.
On Wednesday, December 3, Nawrocki will leave for a two-day visit to Hungary, where he will participate in the Visegrad Group leaders’ summit in Esztergom. On Thursday, together with his wife, the Polish president was scheduled to make an official visit to Budapest and hold meetings, including with Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok and Orban, who recently met with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
“President Karol Nawrocki consistently advocates finding real ways to end the war in Ukraine, provoked by the Russian Federation,” Przydacz said in a post on X, announcing changes to the president’s plans.
According to Przydacz, Nawrocki, together with the presidents of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, will discuss security and cooperation in Central Europe. Orban’s meeting with Putin took place in Moscow on Friday, November 28. The talks focused primarily on the supply of Russian oil and gas to Hungary, as well as Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Unlike most other EU leaders, Orban maintains close relations with Russia despite the war. Hungary does not provide military assistance to Kyiv, calls for a quick end to the war and the lifting of sanctions against Russia, and opposes pro-Ukrainian initiatives in the EU, including Ukraine’s accession to the Union.
