Viktor Orban, the conservative Hungarian prime minister, has enraged his Nato allies by meeting with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping en route to Washington in what he has called his peace mission.
The Hungarian PM seeks to negotiate a peace deal without consulting other EU nations or the Biden administration, while maintaining distance from Biden at the Nato summit.
Orban has been quietly seeking a Ukraine war settlement with a focus on a Trump re-election, engaging in discussions that Zelenskiy had previously ruled out.
Orban's potential meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, following talks with Putin and Zelenskiy, could give him leverage in claiming negotiation on behalf of other EU nations.
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