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Sunday, April 6, 2025
Netanyahu meets with Hungarian FM before departing to US
Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó in Budapest this morning, along with a forum of senior local business leaders, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.
During the meeting, Netanyahu discusssed strengthening economic, security, and technological ties with the EU member state, as well as increasing Hungarian investment in the Israeli economy, says the PMO in a statement.
The conversation concludes the premier’s visit to Budapest, which began Wednesday evening last week and included meetings with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, senior government officials, and local Jewish leaders.
Orban invited the Israeli leader to visit Hungary earlier this year and announced minutes before meeting with Netanyahu on Thursday that Budapest is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, which in November issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu.
The prime minister will fly to the US later today to meet with President Donald Trump regarding new American tariffs on Israeli imports, as well as “efforts to reach a hostage deal, Israel-Turkey relations, the Iranian threat, and confronting the International Criminal Court,” according to the premier.
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