Russian President Vladimir Putin during a joint follow-up meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor OrbanMOSCOW, 1 Feb. The talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, which lasted almost five hours, have ended. «Our talks with the Prime Minister took place in a constructive and business-like atmosphere traditional for Russian-Hungarian relations. wanted,” the Russian leader said. He said that during the meeting, they outlined extensive plans for the future, since Hungary is an important partner of Russia in Europe. Putin also stressed that Moscow is ready to increase cooperation with Budapest on gas transit. During the talks, they also touched upon the issues of Russia's relations with the EU, the settlement in Ukraine and the systemic violation of human rights there. Speaking of proposals for security guarantees sent to Western partners, Putin indicated, that the fundamental concerns of the Russian side were ignored. Nevertheless, Moscow will carefully study the answers given to it by the United States and NATO. «We did not see adequate consideration of our three key demands regarding the prevention of NATO expansion, the refusal to deploy strike weapons systems near Russian borders, and the return of the bloc's military infrastructure to Europe by the state of 1997,” he said. Orban, in turn, noted that Hungary is interested in reducing tensions between Russia and Western countries and is ready to do everything possible to prevent a new Cold War. “I was able to tell how we interpret history «When a conflict was created between the West and the East, we always lost. The long years of the Cold War brought grief and suffering to Hungary,» the Prime Minister emphasized. The Russian leader also said that the country is working with Hungary on the issue of supplying vaccines against coronavirus «Sputnik Light», which can be used as a booster for drugs from other foreign manufacturers. Chapter The state also stressed that Moscow is ready to increase cooperation with Budapest on fuel transit. «We plan to further increase gas supplies by one billion cubic meters and will negotiate this in the future,» Orban said 
15: 17InfographicsRussian gas in Europe: leading countries in terms of purchasesInfographicsViewDuring the negotiations, we discussed issues of nuclear energy and industrial cooperation, in particular, a project for the production and supply of railway cars to third countries, primarily to Egypt. «We also talked about how we could start a new air communication between our countries. We think that if a new air connection is opened, then more Russian tourists will be able to come to our country. And from two cities — Yekaterinburg and Kaliningrad — it will also be possible to directly come to Budapest. On this issue, we received a promise for future negotiations,» Orban said. In addition to the transport and energy sectors, the countries plan to expand cooperation in industrial 
Interstate relations between Russia and Hungary
