A U.S. official arrived in Budapest directly from Riyadh to inform the Hungarian government about the Russian-American meeting.
The U.S. Embassy in Budapest posted: “Louis L. Bono, the senior official in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, met with Deputy Secretary of State Levente Magyar in Budapest today. The two officials discussed a range of issues important to advancing American and Hungarian security and prosperity.
“Senior official Louis Bono reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to ending the war in Ukraine in a manner that is just, lasting, sustainable, and acceptable to all parties involved.”
According to the deputy minister and parliamentary state secretary, Levente Magyar, referred to by Mandiner as the right-hand man of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, the meeting with Bono gave Hungary firsthand information about the peace negotiations.
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Louis Bono reportedly told Magyar that the meeting in Riyadh between Russia and the U.S. was a huge step forward and that the parties agreed on a common goal: to end the war.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had also made it clear that the two countries want to restore U.S.-Russian economic and political relations, noting that they will look to restore their respective embassies.
According to the Hungarian official, Bono said U.S.-Hungarian relations are also a priority.
“The Trump administration views our country as a particularly important partner,” underlined Levente Magyar.
