The visit will coincide with Hungary’s presidency of the Visegrad grouping of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, which starts on July 1 next year.

The Hungarian and Israeli prime ministers will hold bilateral talks, but Orbán will also invite the Polish, Czech and Slovak prime ministers to join in, holding a Budapest summit of the V4 with Israel.

Netanyahu on Tuesday told journalists that his destinations for official visits next year will include eastern Europe.

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