Orbán to visit White House to try to broker Trump-Putin summit for peace in Ukraine

<p>Hungary’s prime minister also seeking an exemption on US sanctions on Russian oil after Trump’s Kremlin frustrations</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/viktor-orban">Viktor Orbán</a> will visit the White House on Friday as Hungary’s far-right prime minister tries to broker another summit between <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/vladimir-putin">Vladimir Putin</a> that Orbán’s advisers claim could help end the war between Russia and Ukraine.</p><p>Orbán, who has proposed hosting the summit in Budapest, will also seek an exemption from US sanctions against Russian energy in what will be a major test of Trump’s tougher line on the Kremlin after he accused Putin of slow-rolling negotiations to end the conflict.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/07/orban-hungary-white-house-visit-trump">Continue reading...</a>