The Hungarian Center for Fundamental Rights, which organized the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Budapest in April, declared US President Joe Biden “persona non grata”. While he writes RIA NewsCenter representatives also joked that people who might get lost on stage were not allowed to attend the event.
On Facebook (the owner of the Meta company is known as an extremist and has been banned in Russia), they published a corresponding ad, adding a picture of Biden with the caption “persona non grata.”
The third Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is scheduled to be held in Budapest in late April. In 2022, former US President Donald Trump sent a video message to conference participants. Nothing is known about Trump’s attendance this year.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó had previously stated that Hungarian officials would be happy to see Trump in Budapest in any capacity, regardless of whether he is “a candidate, president-elect or anyone else”.
Vera Jourova, formerly Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency statedIt is stated that Hungary finds itself largely isolated among European Union (EU) countries due to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ties with Russia.
Additionally, Orbán had previously statedThat Hungary wants to maintain economic relations with Russia and is forced to abandon them only in regions where EU sanctions apply. According to him, the West missed the opportunity to make a peace agreement with Ukraine, while it attracted even Russia’s attention.
Four men before tried to pass Border with Hungary by boat.