European commissioners, in protest against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's diplomatic actions, will refrain from participating in informal meetings of EU ministers in Budapest, according to Eric Mamer,

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Top officials of the European Union will boycott informal meetings hosted by Hungary while the country holds the EU's rotating presidency, after Hungary's pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held a series of rogue meetings with foreign leaders about Ukraine that angered his European partners.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban traveled to Moscow on Friday to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, causing major outrage among his fellow European Union leaders.

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.

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.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, after his trips to Ukraine, Russia and China, briefed EU leaders on the results of his "peacekeeping mission" and Budapest's "peace" proposals. Source: Hungarian Prime Minister's Political Director Balázs Orbán in an interview with the Hungarian pro-government newspaper Magyar Nemzet,

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has submitted his "peace plan" regarding Russia's war against Ukraine to EU leaders, complete with objectives and timelines, according to the Hungarian Prime Minister's political director,

The so-called Peace Plan represents Orban's following his visits to Kyiv, Moscow, and Beijing. "The Prime Minister informed the European Council in writing about the negotiations outcomes, the first phase of the peacekeeping mission,