Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday departed early from a NATO summit in Washington, D.C., where he played his perennial role of internal irritant, for a much friendlier meeting at Mar-a-Lago with former President Trump.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban presented Budapest's proposal on how achieve peace in Ukraine in a letter sent to European leaders, a Hungarian government official said in an interview published on July 15.

Top EU officials will boycott Hungary's six-month presidency of the European Council following Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s controversial visits to China and Russia.

Speculation about a boycott has been rife in Brussels since Orbán returned from his controversial visits to Moscow and Beijing.

The visit is likely to fan concerns that the Hungarian leader is working as an intermediary between the former U.S. President—and presumptive GOP nominee—and the Russian President.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he would go to Washington after discussing a Chinese peace plan for Ukraine in Beijing. Hungary began its six-month EU presidency in July.

Some European Union leaders protested on Tuesday what they see as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's misuse of the bloc's rotating presidency, with many including those in the EU's executive commission boycotting an informal meeting hosted by Hungary in response to Orbán's actions.

The European Commission will carry out a partial boycott of Hungary's EU presidency in the wake of controversial trips abroad taken by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán which angered top officials.