Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, will receive Veronika Skvortsova, Russia’s health minister, before holding a joint press conference at 4pm.

Afterwards, Szijjarto will meet energy giant Rosatom’s head Alexey Likhache. In the evening, the minister will meet his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, while on Thursday he will have talks with Denis Manturov, minister of trade and industry.

Putin will arrive in Budapest at around midday, the statement noted.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.

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