(ANSA-AFP) - BUDAPEST, APR 3 - Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Budapest early Thursday on his
first trip to Europe since 2023 and in defiance of the
International Criminal Court (ICC)'s arrest warrant against him.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban extended an invitation to
Netanyahu last November, a day after the ICC issued the arrest
warrant over alleged war crimes in Gaza. Orban vowed the EU
member would not execute the warrant, despite being an ICC
member, saying the court's decision "intervenes in an ongoing
conflict... for political purposes". "Welcome to Budapest,
Benjamin Netanyahu!" wrote Hungary's Defence Minister Kristof
Szalay-Bobrovniczky on Facebook as Netanyahu began his visit,
and after greeting him at the airport in capital Budapest.
Netanyahu was welcomed with military honours, after which he
will hold talks with Orban. (ANSA-AFP).
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