Budapest: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday pointed to the joint efforts with Trkiye to promote peace in Ukraine and bring an end to the war. "The Turks have been involved in all attempts at reconciliation and, together with the Hungarians, they know that they can only lose in the war, so the two countries often work together to promote peace," Orban told reporters on board the plane to Istanbul, according to Hungary Today news portal.

According to Anadolu Agency, Orban reaffirmed that they hold a high-level meeting every year, emphasizing that the four main points of the current negotiations are economy and trade, migration, war, and energy. He described Trkiye as a "regional power" and noted that the meetings allow them to discuss the situation in Europe and Eurasia with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan 'as friends.'

Orban highlighted that regular meetings have significantly boosted bilateral trade, increasing it from pound 2-2.5 billion ($2.33-2.91 billion) to pound 4.5-5 billion ($5.24-5.83 billion), with Turkish investment in Hungary rising and Hungarian presence in Trkiye also expanding. He also noted that over the past four years, Trkiye has been the only country that sealed several key agreements, including delivering Ukrainian grain to Africa.