Bertalan Havasi, head of the Press Office of the Prime Minister, has informed the kormany.hu government news portal that on Friday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had a telephone conversation with Russian president Vladimir Putin, in which they discussed current issues linked to Hungarian-Russian relations.

The Kremlin website also reported that talks had taken place.

On Friday morning Mr. Orbán also had a telephone conversation with Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni, with whom he discussed current international issues, Mr. Havasi said.