At Netanyahu's Request: Herzog to Pay Brief Visit to Hungary

The president will depart for a 12-hour visit to Budapest, meeting Hungary's new prime minister Péter Magyar.

President Isaac Herzog's upcoming diplomatic visit to Hungary will take place at the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, The Jerusalem Post and ynet reported. According to the reports, the trip will be a 12-hour lightning visit to Budapest, coming just ahead of the elections in Israel.

The journey marks the first visit by a senior Israeli official to the country since Péter Magyar took over the premiership from Viktor Orbán in April. Herzog is scheduled to meet with Magyar and with Hungary's president, while further details regarding the contents of the planned talks have not yet been released.