MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The leaders discussed current issues of Russian-Hungarian cooperation, in particular the situation with Hungarians conscripted into the Ukrainian armed forces and those captured by Russia, as well as the impact of the escalation in the Middle East on the global energy market, the Kremlin press service reported.
Earlier Orban called on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to press Vladimir Zelensky to resume transit of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline.
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Putin and Orban discussed the situation with Hungarian citizens who were mobilized into the Ukrainian armed forces and captured by Russia.
In a conversation with Orban, Putin emphasized Hungary's sovereign course and principled position in support of a diplomatic resolution to the conflict in Ukraine.
