Secretary says visit to Hungary will be bilateral, Greenland may be raised; trip will "stack" multiple meetings
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The Secretary told reporters the planned visit with Hungary's Viktor Orbán will be a bilateral meeting the U.S. agreed to after Orbán's recent U.S. trip; reporters asked about Greenland and buying Russian goods, and the Secretary said those topics may come up but offered no policy commitments.
When reporters asked whether Greenland would be an issue on the upcoming trip, the Secretary said "Oh, I'm sure somebody will raise it" and that the administration is "working on that" and "we feel good about it," but did not provide details or commitments.
On Hungary, the Secretary said the United States planned a bilateral visit with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and that "the president said he's very supportive of him, and so are we." The Secretary said Hungary had visited the United States late last year and that the U.S. told them it would reciprocate. The Secretary described the visit as a bilateral meeting rather than part of a multilateral session and said it made sense to "stack" additional stops on the trip to meet allies encountered on the schedule.
Reporters also asked about economic measures, including whether partners would "stop buying Russian" goods. The Secretary said those conversations will happen with partners but did not announce specific changes to trade or sanction policy during this briefing.
The Secretary also said he would not be visiting Russia on this trip: "I'm not going to Russia this time." No new bilateral agreements or concrete changes to trade policy were announced during this exchange.