In response to a question by the press on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said: "I trust that on January 20, after Donald Trump takes office, we will experience its beneficial effect."
PM Orbán said in a video posted on Facebook that he had held a meeting with Trump where he congratulated the president-elect. Talks will be held after Trump takes office, he added.
The prime minister said that "these days when two people, two men, sit down to talk either in Europe or America, they can certainly not avoid having a word about peace and about war".
PM Orbán said that because of very strict US legal regulations, "the US president is currently not in a position to have talks about a ceasefire". However, he added that he trusted that on January 20, once Trump takes office, "we will experience its beneficial effect".