Magyar, a Magyar-speaking Hungarian, says that a former deputy minister sought by Warsaw could have left via Serbia

Peter Magyar, Hungarian prime minister, said that a former Polish deputy government minister wanted on charges of'misusing public funds' may have left Hungary via Serbia.

Magyar will be in Poland for two days. The question of how Zbigniew Zbigniew and Marcin Romanowski - both wanted by Warsaw prosecutors - managed to escape?Hungary prior to Magyar's appointment may be raised in Wednesday's talks.

Ziobro, Romanowski and their predecessor Viktor Orban, the Magyar leader who gave them asylum in Hungary, are accused of misusing money from a fund set up to assist victims of crime, and targeting political opponents using spyware.

Ziobro, who is currently in the United States, reported that U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Landau had instructed senior State Department officials on Monday to expedite and approve a Visa?for him.

The whereabouts?Romanowski are still unknown.

TVN24 reported that Magyar said, "From what I understood, Ziobro...left through the Schengen Area a few days before my inauguration." He was referring to Schengen, the passport-free zone of the European Union.

It is still not confirmed, but I just spoke to my colleagues and there are indications that Mr Romanowski may have also left via Serbia.

The Serbian Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent via email outside of office hours.

POLAND TO OFFER LNG ACCESS

Magyar and Tusk will meet with President?Karol?Nawrocki of Poland in Warsaw, on Wednesday. Magyar will travel with Tusk to Gdansk, a northern port city where they will be meeting former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa.

Warsaw intends to provide Budapest with access to U.S. LNG via a Gdansk Terminal that will begin operations in 2028. Orlen already sells U.S. LNG in Ukraine.

Magyar, however, told TVN24 Hungary "wanted to lower prices for?gas that comes as LNG".

He said, "It is not yet a competitive price." We would be happiest with a lower transit charge or if we could convince the European Union to make LNG gas more competitive. (Reporting and editing by Raju Gopikrishnan; Alan Charlish)

(source: Reuters)