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PM Orbán Heads to Vatican for First Post-Election Visit

• 21 Apr 2022 6:21 AM
• Hungary Matters

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will pay an official visit to the Vatican where he will have a private audience with the Pope on Thursday, the prime minister’s press chief said.

This will be the first official visit by Orbán to meet Pope Francis in the Vatican, Bertalan Havasi said.

He added that it would also represent the first official visit by Orbán since the parliamentary election on April 3.


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