Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán arrived in Kyiv on the morning of 2 July, making it his first visit in many years, Paralel.Az reports citing Ukrainska Pravda.

Orbán has not visited Ukraine either during the term of Volodymyr Zelenskyy or the previous president, Petro Poroshenko. Orbán last visited Kyiv in 2012 to meet with the then president Viktor Yanukovych.

Prime Minister Orbán is expected to hold talks with President Zelenskyy and other top officials on Tuesday.

Late last week, Orbán and Zelenskyy crossed paths on the sidelines of the EU leaders' summit in Brussels.

On 1 July, Hungary began its six-month rotating presidency of the EU Council, taking over the role from Belgium, and Zelenskyy congratulated Budapest on its presidency.