Orban meets US Congress delegation

Prime Minister Viktor Orban held talks with members of the US Congress in Budapest on Tuesday. The delegation included Senators John Barrasso, Mike Crapo, John Kennedy, Congressman Russell Fulcher and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Orban's press chief told MTI. Parties at the talks discussed current bilateral security policy and economic cooperation, as well as issues related to energy supplies to Hungary and central Europe, Bertalan Havasi told MTI. The sides concluded that bilateral economic and defence ties have been excellent and the two countries' political relations have significantly improved recently. The US delegation will meet Finance Minister Mihaly Varga, Levente Magyar, a state secretary at the ministry of foreign affairs and trade, and Istvan Szabo, state secretary at the defence ministry, later in the day.