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Hungary's Orban says he asked Putin to apply ceasefire in Ukraine

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds a news conference after the parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday he had just spoken at length with Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked him to announce an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.

Orban said he had invited Putin for talks in Hungary to be held with the Ukrainian and French presidents as well as the German chancellor. He said Putin's response was "positive" but that the Russian leader said this would carry conditions.

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