The Hungarian prime minister received the new top official in Budapest.

On Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Viktor Orban received the international community’s new high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, in his office in Budapest, Bertalan Havasi, the premier’s press chief told the Hungarian state news agency MTI.

At their meeting, Mr Orban and Christian Schmidt reviewed the situation of the Balkans region, the press chief said.

The German politician took the office of high representative on 1 August this year.