Premier Giorgia Meloni said on Friday
she does not share the position of Hungarian Premier Viktor
Orban after he congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on
his landslide re-election on Monday.
"I do not share that letter and those good wishes, he knows my
position," Meloni told reporters after the European Summit in
Brussels, referring to a letter sent by Orban to Putin on
Thursday.
In the letter the Hungarian premier said that "cooperation
between Hungary and Russia, based on mutual respect, allows for
important discussions even in difficult geopolitical contexts"
and "affirmed Hungary's commitment to peace and its readiness to
strengthen cooperation in areas not limited by international
law", said government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs.
The Russian presidential election, in which Putin faced no
viable opposition, was
widely seen as being neither free nor fair.
Putin won with over 88% of the vote.
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