Hungarian President Katalin Novak is traveling to Kyiv to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyi, index.hu reported on Friday, adding that Novak will travel by train through Poland, Reuters reports.
The Office of the President of Hungary stated that it would neither deny nor confirm the information.
Novak is the most senior Hungarian politician to visit Zelenskyi since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
Novak is a close ally of nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and was elected president, a more ceremonial post, by the ruling Fidesz party’s majority in parliament in March.
In October, Novak joined the statement of the presidents of the countries of Central Europe and the Balkans, who condemned Russia’s massive bombing of Ukrainian cities.
Hungary announced on Wednesday that it would provide Ukraine with financial aid of 187 million euros as part of a planned European Union support package worth up to 18 billion euros.
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