Berset and Cassis receive Orbán for a courtesy visit
Published: Saturday, Nov 18th 2023, 12:40
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will give a speech in Zurich on Wednesday at the invitation of the magazine "Weltwoche". On Tuesday, President Alain Berset and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis will receive him for a courtesy visit.
Orban's courtesy visit to Bern was reported by RTS radio and television in French-speaking Switzerland and the Tamedia newspapers. Federal Council Spokesman and Vice-Chancellor André Simonazzi confirmed the visit on Saturday at the request of the Keystone-SDA news agency.
The "Weltwoche" event was a "matinee" at the Dolder Hotel in Zurich. The initiative for the meeting with the Swiss government came from Orbán.
Known as a confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Orbán has come under international criticism, especially since the Russian attack on Ukraine. Hungary formally supports the sanctions against Russia. But Orbán's meeting with Putin in Beijing a month ago has raised additional concerns, which were publicly expressed by the US ambassador to Hungary, David Pressman.
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