On 13 November, Gruevski announced through his Facebook account that he had fled to Hungary, where he applied for political asylum. Gruevski was seen as having particularly close relations with the right-wing national conservative Fidesz's head, and Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, who opposed the Prespa agreement between Greece and Macedonia and supported VMRO-DPMNE's hardline position against it.Aleksandar Ivković, Orbán opposes Greece-Macedonia agreement, supports VMRO-DPMNE protests. European Western Balkans, 05.06.2018. Orbán has reportedly described Gruevski's escape as "an interesting story, exciting, like all crime stories".
