Secretary Rubio holds a joint press availability with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban - 5:00AM

Joint press conference, Budapest · February 16, 2026

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Opening remarks: gratitude and visa-free travel

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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán opened by thanking U.S. leadership and said bilateral relations were at their highest point in his 30-year political memory; he announced that Hungarians can "once again travel to the U.S. without a visa."

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U.S. Secretary of State Michael Rubio and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held a joint press conference in Budapest focused on deepening bilateral ties, energy agreements, U.S. investments in Hungary, visa policy and questions about sanctions waivers and China. Reporters pressed both officials on the scope of sanctions waivers, a possible presidential visit and U.S. visa enforcement.

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