Hungary’s Foreign Minister travels to Russia for energy expo
Hungary’s top diplomat travelled to Russia on Monday to take part in an international forum on nuclear energy, underscoring his country’s persistently close ties with Moscow amid the war in Ukraine.
Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto gave a speech at the opening plenary session of the two-day ATOMEXPO international forum in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, according to the event’s website.
The forum, titled “Nuclear Spring”, is aimed at the global nuclear industry and serves as a “business platform for discussing the current state of the nuclear industry and setting future trends,” the website says.
In a post on Facebook early Monday, Szijjarto said his appearance at the expo would include talks with the head of Russia’s state atomic energy company,
