Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will pay an official visit to the Vatican on Thursday, where he will be received by Pope Francis in a private audience.

This will be PM Orban’s first official trip to the Vatican, where he is to meet with Pope Francis, Bertalan Havasi, the prime minister’s press chief told the Hungarian state news agency (MTI) on Wednesday. It will also be the premier’s first official visit abroad since the Hungarian parliamentary elections on 3 April.