Secretary of state spoke of \u2018golden age\u2019 of US-Hungary relations at time of tense transatlantic relations with traditional allies<\/p>\n
Even before he in effect endorsed Hungary\u2019s Viktor Orb\u00e1n before of a crucial parliamentary election, Marco Rubio\u2019s itinerary for Europe promised to be provocative. After meeting with US allies at the Munich Security Conference during a particularly tense moment in transatlantic relations, the US secretary of state departed for Slovakia and Hungary \u2013 the two EU states most dependent on Russian energy and sceptical of the bloc\u2019s support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n
In what bordered on an explicit political endorsement, Rubio told Orb\u00e1n that relations between Hungary and the US had entered a \u201cgolden age\u201d \u2013 and would stay like that for as long as Orban remains in power.<\/p>\n
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