European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday that it was “not nice” that Russian President Vladimir Putin might travel to EU member Hungary for talks on Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would soon meet Putin in Budapest.

Kallas told reporters ahead of a gathering of European foreign ministers in Luxembourg that Trump’s efforts to bring peace are welcome but that it is also important for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to meet with the Russian leader.

“America has a lot of strength to pressure Russia to come to the negotiation table, if they use that then, of course, this is good if Russia stops this war,” Kallas said.

Putin faces an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, which Hungary is in the process of leaving.

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