Hungary. Viktor Orban and Benjamin Netanyahu talked with Donald Trump about the speech of Hungary with MTK

Benjamin's office Netanyahu reported that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the Israeli Prime Minister visiting this country talked to the US President Donald Trump by phone. The conversation concerned the announced speech of Hungary from the International Criminal Court.

Prime minister Israel Benjamin Netanyahu began an official visit to Hungary on Thursday. In November 202, the International Criminal Tribunal (MTK) issued an arrest warrant of Netanyahu, accusing him of responsibility for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war in the Gaza Strip.

Orban invited Israel's prime minister in a gesture of opposition to the tribunal's decision and guaranteed him inviolability. On Thursday morning, the Hungarian government announced that it was starting to leave the MTK output procedure.

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Netanyahu and Orban during their meeting in Budapest joined by phone with Donald Trump. The conversation focused on the decision of Hungary on the speech with the MTK and “further steps that can be taken in this matter,” said the office of the Israeli prime minister.

Netanyahu in Hungary

Budapest has often manifested close relations with Israel, and Orban – friendly relations with Netanyahu. After the outbreak of the war with Hamas, Hungary was an Israeli lawyer in the European Union, using, among others Presidency in the EU Council in the second half of 2024.

This is the second official foreign visit of Netanyahu since he has arrested MTK. In February, he was received by Trump in the White House as the first guest during the second term.

After Thursday, Orban and Netanyah made statements for the press. The Prime Minister of Hungary called his country “the island of freedom”, and Israel described “the key to stabilize in the Middle East”.

Israeli Prime Minister said that under the leadership of Orban “Hungary did fantastic things for Israel and the Jewish people: unwavering and proudly support Israel and defend him in the EU and UN.” Netanyahu also praised Budapest's decision to make MTK.

In the evening, the Prime Minister of Israel and his wife Sarah were taken with a solemn dinner. On Friday, Netanyahu is to meet representatives of Hungarian Jewish organizations, visit the monument to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and collect the honorary doctorate of the National University of Public Service. Netanyahu's visit will last until Sunday.