After stormy landing in Ankara, Orbán praised Erdogan as champion of peace

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has left Budapest for Ankara to attend the inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Türkiye’s re-elected president, on Saturday afternoon.

According to information from the prime minister’s press office, Orbán “found it important to accept President Erdogan’s personal invitation, since his election victory is crucial for the security of Hungary and Europe”. Orbán posted on his Facebook that his plane’s landing was stormy in the Turkish capital, Ankara. Later he shared a video in which it was clear that the weather was not favourable above the city, there were huge rainfalls, and the prime minister’s jet could have fallen into trouble, but thankfully, nothing special happened.

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In the video, Orbán said that Erdogan is a pro-peace president. If he lost the election, a war supporter would have become the leader of the second-strongest NATO member state, which could have resulted in a disaster. Furthermore, he shows NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg shaking hands happily with Erdogan in Ankara.