Hungary and the United States have signed two cooperation agreements covering regional oil and natural gas infrastructure and law enforcement against crimes committed by radical organisations, Foreign Minister Anita Orbán announced on Thursday following talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington.
In a post on Facebook, Orbán said the first agreement, called the Trump Peace Pipelines Framework, would strengthen cooperation on developing regional natural gas and oil infrastructure.
The second agreement aims to reinforce law enforcement cooperation and information-sharing between the two countries in connection with crimes committed by radical organisations, further deepening bilateral work in domestic affairs and public security.
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Rubio highlights fight against far-left terrorism
Rubio also commented on the agreements, saying the two governments were aligned in their efforts to tackle what he described as a resurgence of far-left terrorism.
“We are aligned in taking steps together in our governments to confront this resurgence of far-left terrorism, which is something that has been ignored for far too long,” the US secretary of state said, referring to a subject he had also discussed earlier this year.
His remarks underline the US administration’s emphasis on joint action against politically motivated violence, while the Hungarian foreign minister’s announcement focused on the agreements’ energy and law enforcement provisions.
SECRETARY RUBIO on AGREEMENTS WITH HUNGARY: We are aligned in taking steps together in our governments to confront this resurgence of far-left terrorism, which is something that has been ignored for far too long and something I spoke about earlier this year. https://t.co/whGEpDZk1X
— Department of State (@StateDept) October 29, 2026
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Talks held behind closed doors in Washington
Orbán met Rubio at 4 PM Hungarian time on Thursday. The meeting was held behind closed doors, with the press excluded. US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison M. Hooker and Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Thomas G. DiNanno also attended.
The meeting had originally been scheduled for Tuesday but was postponed until later in the week. The two sides had already agreed to hold the talks at a later date.
Rubio visited Budapest in February, when he met Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister at the time, and expressed the US administration’s support for him.
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar later invited Rubio to attend the 23 October commemorations in Hungary, but the US secretary of state ultimately did not attend the event.
