India, Feb. 17 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in the Hungarian Capital on Monday for meetings with Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Government during which they plan to sign a civilian-nuclear cooperation agreement heralded by US President Donald Trump. Trump has been outspoken in his support for the nationalist Orban in the Hungarian leader's bid for reelection in two months.

Orban and his Fidesz party are facing their most serious challenge in the April 12 vote since the right-wing populist retook power in 2010. The stop in Hungary's Capital follows Rubio's visit to Slovakia on Sunday, after he previously attended the Munich Security Conference in Germany. Led by Euroskeptic populists who oppose support for Ukraine and voc...