Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet President Donald Trump on November 7 in Washington, where he aims to discuss a path to a U.S.-Russia meeting and seek exemption from U.S. energy sanctions, Orban’s chief of staff said. According to Gergely Gulyas, the two leaders would also conclude agreements on co-operation in the fields of energy, defense industry, economy and finance: "Some of these have already been negotiated, while in other cases discussions are still ongoing".

Orban had previously said that he aims to sign a broad economic agreement with Washington to offset the effect of U.S. tariffs on the European Union. Gulyas said Orban and Trump could discuss a plan to work towards a U.S.-Russian meeting aimed at brokering peace in Ukraine.

"This meeting also offers an opportunity for the two heads of state to ... determine the roadmap that could lead to a U.S.–Russian meeting and, through that, to a Russian - Ukrainian peace agreement", - Gulyas said.

Trump said this month that he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Hungarian capital. However, that meeting was put on hold after Russia rejected a ceasefire.

Orban had said earlier that he would discuss U.S. sanctions on Russia`s oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft with Trump at their planned meeting.