Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, accompanied by his entourage, arrived at the Vatican where he is received in a private audience by Pope Francis this morning. This is the first official visit abroad by the head of the Hungarian government after the elections on 3 April which confirmed him as head of the country for the fourth consecutive term.
It is also the first official face to face in the Vatican between Pope Bergoglio and Prime Minister Orban: a first ‘private’ meeting between the two, also in the Vatican, dates back to August 28, 2016, when the Argentine Pontiff received the group of leaders and parliamentarians. European Christians participating in the annual meeting of the Network / ICln in Frascati. But above all, Francesco and Orban then met again in Budapest on 12 September last year, also present the President of the Republic of Hungary, Janos Ader, and the Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen, during the brief visit of the Pope to the Hungarian capital for the closing mass of the International Eucharistic Congress.
Source: Ansa
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