Hungary, Ukraine agree to reset ties, Magyar says
The leaders backed new consultations and minority-rights steps as Hungary pledged diplomatic help for a ceasefire and lasting peace.
- On Friday, Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Brussels, agreeing to reset political and economic relations between their nations.
- The leaders focused on the situation of ethnic Hungarians in Transcarpathia, welcoming a political agreement on minority education rights that Ukraine's parliament recently adopted.
- Magyar thanked Ukraine's parliament for a September resolution acknowledging crimes against ethnic Hungarians between 1944 and 1946, addressing long-standing historical grievances between Budapest and Kyiv.
- Expressing solidarity with Ukraine regarding the "inhuman Russian agression," Magyar offered diplomatic assistance to help secure an early ceasefire and lasting peace.
- Zelensky received an invitation to attend Budapest commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, with officials suggesting a visit could occur as early as next week.
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On Friday, the first personal meeting between the new Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar (Tisza) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took place as part of the Brussels summit. Magyar expressed solidarity with Ukraine and called Russia's aggression against the neighboring country inhumane.
We agreed that it is in the interest of both countries to place political and economic relations on a new footing," said Peter Magyar, reporting on his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Hungarian Prime Minister assured, among other things, of "his full solidarity in the face of Russia's inhumane aggression" against Ukraine.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar had a good conversation, Zelensky said on Friday. "We are growing closer, which is very important," said the Ukrainian.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday positively assessed his first meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar.
The Prime Minister of Hungary, Peter Madyar, met in Brussels on Friday, 16 October with Vladimir Zelensky, President of Ukraine.
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