President Donald Trump has invited Prime Minister Viktor Orban to a working meeting in Washington DC on May 13, Hungary’s government announced on Thursday. Direkt36 was first to break the news on the Trump-Orban meeting on Wednesday after receiving confirmation from several Hungarian government officials and sources in Washington DC.

The meeting will be a breakthrough in the relationship between Orban’s government and the United States. Viktor Orban last visited the White House during his first premiership in 2001. However, according to press reports from that time, his main counterpart was Vice President Dick Cheney, and President George W. Bush only joined the meeting later on.

Orban is not coming empty-handed to the Oval Office: Hungary’s government is negotiating high-value arms deals with the United States, according to Hungarian officials and sources with ties to the government. At the same time, the invitation of the Hungarian Prime Minister to Washington is also part of the United States’ policy of re-engaging with Central Eastern Europe. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš visited the White House at the beginning of March, while Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini arrives on May 3.